The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Adirondack Mountain Reserve (AMR) have announced that the parking reservation system for AMR trails in the Route 73 corridor in the Adirondack High Peaks will resume May 1. Since the launch of the parking reservation system in 2021, more than 52,500 users have registered at AMR’s website to make parking reservations, their announcement said.
From May 1 through Oct. 31, reservations are required to access the parking lot, trailheads, and trails located on the privately owned 7,000-acre AMR property in the town of Keene. AMR has a longstanding conservation easement with DEC that allows public access for hiking. View a map of AMR within the Adirondack Forest Preserve (PDF) here.
Advanced parking reservations at AMR are available at no cost and are required for both single-day and overnight use. Seventy reservations, including overnight reservations, are available per day. Walk-in users without a reservation are not permitted unless these users provide a Greyhound or Trailways bus ticket from within the past 24 hours. Reservations are also required to access the Noonmark and Round Mountain trailheads located on AMR property.
New bookings for 2024 began April 17. Users can make reservations as far as two weeks in advance on a 24-hour rolling basis. Reservation holders will receive reminder emails in advance of their designated time with a prompt to confirm or cancel.
If a reservation is canceled, the reservation immediately becomes available on the website. Reservations open frequently, so users are encouraged to check hikeamr.org often if reservations are not available on a chosen date.
In 2023, the reservation system accepted 16,971 reservations. There were 2,625 reservation cancellations in 2023, with nearly all the canceled reservations rebooked DEC and AMR said.
Photo: AMR’s Dial Range trail signs.
