Stephen Tyng Mather

Historical marker location:

Bear Mountain, New York

( Marker can be reached from Perkins Memorial Drive, 2 miles north of Seven Lakes Drive, on the left when traveling south.)

July 4, 1887 - Jan. 22, 1930.

The Adirondack Park, which covers more than six million acres in upstate New York, is the largest park in the contiguous United States. It was established in 1892 and contains more than 2,000 miles of hiking trails.