DEC
DEC is a government office in Town of North Elba, Essex, New York. DEC is situated nearby to the helipad Troop B Headquarters heliport, as well as near the police station NY State Police.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Adirondack Correctional Facility and Federal Correctional Institution, Ray Brook.
Adirondack Correctional Facility
Prison
The Adirondack Correctional Facility is a medium-security prison in Ray Brook, New York, in the Adirondack Mountains between Saranac Lake and Lake Placid; it detains up to 566 people. Adirondack Correctional Facility is situated 3,500 feet southwest of DEC.
Federal Correctional Institution, Ray Brook
Prison
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Federal Correctional Institution, Ray Brook, unofficially called the Olympic Prison, is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates that is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. Federal Correctional Institution, Ray Brook is situated 1 mile southwest of DEC.
Scarface Mountain
Peak
Scarface Mountain is a mountain summit located in the Adirondack Mountains, in the U.S. state of New York. It is located in the town of North Elba. Scarface Mountain is situated 2½ miles south of DEC.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ray Brook and Saranac Lake.
Ray Brook
Hamlet
Ray Brook is a hamlet in the U.S. state of New York, located on NY 86 between Saranac Lake and Lake Placid in the Town of North Elba in Essex County. It is the site of the Adirondack Park Agency, the District 5 office of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the Federal Correctional Institution, Ray Brook and the Adirondack Correctional Facility.
Saranac Lake
Photo: heipei, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saranac Lake is a village in the Adirondacks in New York state. It lies in the towns of Harrietstown, St. Armand, and North Elba, inside the boundaries of Adirondack State Park.
Lake Placid
Photo: Atilin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lake Placid is a village of 2,400 people in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, near the center of the town of North Elba and named after an adjacent lake.
DEC
- Type: Government office
- Also known as: “New York State Environmental Conservation”
- Categories: office and government building
- Location: Town of North Elba, Essex, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.30051° or 44° 18′ 2″ northLongitude
-74.07965° or 74° 4′ 47″ westOpen location code
87P78W2C+64OpenStreetMap ID
node 5027444223OpenStreetMap feature
office=government
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