Piseco () is a small community in the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Arietta in
Hamilton County,
New York
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, United States. The name "Piseco" is that of a
Native American known to an early surveyor. Located in the heart of the
Adirondacks
The Adirondack Mountains (; a-də-RÄN-dak) form a massif in northeastern New York with boundaries that correspond roughly to those of Adirondack Park. They cover about 5,000 square miles (13,000 km2). The mountains form a roughly circular d ...
, the hamlet is home to
Piseco Lake
Piseco Lake is located in Hamilton County, New York, near the hamlet of Piseco in the Adirondack Mountains. The outflow is Piseco Outlet
Piseco Outlet drains Piseco Lake and converges with the West Branch Sacandaga River in Piseco, New York
...
and
Piseco Airport
Piseco Airport is a public-use airport one nautical mile (1.85 km) north of the central business district of Piseco, a hamlet in the Town of Arietta, Hamilton County, New York, United States. The airport is owned by the Town of Arietta. It is ...
. The
Northville–Placid Trail runs close to Piseco Lake and the airport. The village of
Speculator lies east of Piseco Lake.
File:Piseco camp.JPG, A camp on the shore of Piseco Lake
Hamlets in New York (state)
Hamlets in Hamilton County, New York
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