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Upstate New York

Anyone who wants to escape the urban to some relaxed countryside or stay in a charming village in the State of New York will have nowhere to go other than Upstate New York. From Lake Placid and Ithaca to Saratoga Springs, the Catskills, and Woodstock, this region of New York is so marvelous in all it has to offer to its visitors.

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Upstate New York

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United States
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New York
Elevation
Mount Marcy, the peak in the Adirondack Mountains has an elevation of 1,629 meters above sea level

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