page_title: Adirondack Park Agency visitor interpretive centers
section_title: Paul Smith's College VIC
hierarchical_section_title: Adirondack Park Agency visitor interpretive centers / Paul Smith's College VIC
caption_attribution_description: English: Paul Smiths Visitor Interpretation Center, Adirondack Park, NY, August 2014
context_page_description: The Adirondack Park Agency visitor interpretive centers were established in 1989 and 1990, respectively. They were designed to introduce visitors to the special features of the Adirondack Park, which, at 6 million acres, is the largest park in the lower 48 United States. The centers helped orient visitors to the park via educational programs, exhibits, and interpretive trails. Educational programs were available for school groups as well as the general public. In 2011, New York State sold both visitor centers to nearby colleges. The former Newcomb VIC, now the Adirondack Interpretive Center, is owned and operated by SUNY-ESF. The former Paul Smith's VIC, now Paul Smith's College VIC, is owned and operated by Paul Smith's College.
context_section_description: The Paul Smith's VIC opened in 1989 and in 2011 became the Paul Smith's College VIC, owned and operated by Paul Smith's College. Located on approximately 2,700 acres (11 km2) in Paul Smiths, New York, near Paul Smith's College, the Paul Smith's College Visitor Interpretive Center (Paul Smith's College VIC) has approximately 25 miles of maintained trails. Throughout the property visitors will encounter every habitat type found in the Adirondack Park except alpine. Each spring the PSC VIC hosts the Great Adirondack Birding Festival. Throughout the year visitors can partake of guided interpretive walks, regular outdoor activities, naturalist-led canoe paddles on Barnum Pond, and assorted workshops and programs. In the winter the trails are open for snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. The Paul Smith's College VIC building is open from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm seven days a week mid-June through Labor Day, and open 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Wednesdays through Sundays.
caption: Paul Smith's College VIC
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