SARANAC LAKE – The sun rises over Whiteface Mountain in the distance. A low fog hovers over the Bloomingdale Bog. And an old cemetery sits quietly to the side.

One of the most iconic views in the Tri-Lakes area belongs to an old farm that few people know the name of. But most locals, and plenty of tourists, know the spot. There are frequently cars parked on the side of the road and people snapping pictures or simply enjoying the view.

The view belongs to Glenview Farm, an old field that sits at the top of Harrietstown Hill, just up the road from Donnelly’s Soft Ice Cream on state Route 86 between Saranac Lake and Gabriels.

The farm, which hasn’t been used in a number of years, has been put up for sale to the Adirondack Land Trust, which hopes to raise $170,000 to purchase the land and maintain the stunning view of the High Peaks, Bloomingdale Bog and Whiteface and Esther mountains.

Land Trust officials said the family that owns the land wishes to remain anonymous, but agreed to sell the 238-acre parcel to the trust so the view can be maintained for all to enjoy in perpetuity. Franklin County property records show the owners are John Trevor III, Alexander Trevor and Emily Trevor VanLeck of Sanibel, Florida. The family has offered to sell the property at a steep discount. It’s assessed at $294,200 according to the county.

The land trust, which was founded in 1984, seeks to protect farm lands and forests, as well as scenic vistas. Connie Prickett, director of communications for the Adirondack Chapter of The Nature Conservancy and the Adirondack Land Trust, said that when they were approached by the land owner, the organization jumped at the chance to preserve the view.

“They love the land, and they want to make sure it’s protected,” Prickett said. “I think that’s what motivated them.

“The landowners contacted us, and when that happens, our staff will map the property and we look at the conservation values.

“Views and scenic vistas are our high-priority conservation values, so it immediately ranked really high because of the view. In this case, they were extremely generous in offering it to us at a deep discount. Our part of it now is coming up with the resources to meet their generosity and protect this great resource.”

Prickett and land protection manager Chris Jage said the land trust hasn’t begun the planning process of what to do with the land.

“The only thing we know is that we don’t want to lose the view,” he said Thursday afternoon at the property. “Whatever makes sense for us and the resource is the way we’ll go.”

Jage said that maintaining the view may include allowing someone to work the land once the trust purchases it, possibly to cut hay on.

The view isn’t the property’s only conservation value. The open area is about a third of the parcel, and the other two-thirds is forested, butting up against state Forest Preserve land in the Bloomingdale Bog.

“This provides the buffer into the bog,” Jage said. “(This) will provide good protection into the bog system. If this property had another fate and got developed, you don’t know what could happen. The nice thing is, just because of the topography here, maintaining this as open pasture land for the vista doesn’t really impact the natural resource management that we could do down lower where that buffer is.

“(The view) is what’s signature here, and (preserving it) is easy to do.”

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