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[[File:Long Pond Mtn View.jpg|right|]] [[File:Long Pond Mtn .jpg|left|]]  '''Long Pond Mountain''' is a 2530-foot mountain near [[Long%20Pond|Long Pond]] in the [[St.%20Regis%20Canoe%20Area|St. Regis Canoe Area]]. The only trail up it can be reached only by paddling two miles from the Long Pond put in (off of [[Floodwood%20Road|Floodwood Road]]) to the trail head at the other end of the pond.  Views to the east and south are extensive. 

Fourteen-acre [[Mountain%20Pond|Mountain Pond]], at 1670 feet on the south side of Long Pond Mountain, is said to be one of the highest sources of the [[Saranac%20River|Saranac River]], along with nearby [[Ledge%20Pond|Ledge Pond]]. 

The mountain was owned by the [[Upper%20Saranac%20Lake%20Association|Upper Saranac Lake Association]] until 1898, when New York State bought the land and added it to the Forest Preserve. <sup>1</sup> 

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1. Paul Jamieson and  Donald Morris, ''Adirondack Canoe Waters, North Flow'', Lake George, NY: Adirondack Mountain Club, 1987. ISBN 0-935272-43-7.