 It is from here, past the hamlet of Schroon Lake at the water's northern tip, that US 9 intersects NY 74, like NY 254 and NY 149 fresh off its western terminus at the Northway.Signs at this junction use Ticonderoga, to the east, as a control city, an indication of how sparsely populated the park is.US 9 remains close to the interstate for the next into the town of North Hudson, where Boreas Road provides access to the Dix Mountain Wilderness Area the southernmost in the Adirondack High Peaks region.