Editing Harrietstown, New York (section)

==Geography==
Harrietstown is inside the [[Adirondack Park]] and is the largest town by area in Franklin County. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], it has a total area of {{convert|553.4|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|509.9|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|43.5|km2|order=flip}}, or 7.87%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US3603332314| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Harrietstown town, Franklin County, New York| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American FactFinder| access-date=June 13, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213131336/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US3603332314| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

The southern town line is the border of [[Hamilton County, New York|Hamilton County]] and [[Essex County, New York|Essex County]]. The eastern town boundary is also on the border of Essex County. The village of Saranac Lake is on the eastern border of the town, primarily in Harrietstown but extending east into the towns of [[St. Armand, New York|St. Armand]] and [[North Elba, New York|North Elba]] in Essex County.

[[New York State Route 3]] runs east–west through the town, while [[New York State Route 30]] and [[New York State Route 86]] traverse the town, running north–south. NY-3 and NY-30 join in the western part of the town. [[New York State Route 186]] connects NY-3 to NY-86 in the northern part of the town.

All of [[Lower Saranac Lake]], most of [[Middle Saranac Lake]], and the southern end of [[Upper Saranac Lake]] occupy a band across the central part of the town. They are drained by the [[Saranac River]], which flows east through [[Oseetah Lake]], then north through the village of Saranac Lake before exiting the town to the northeast and draining to [[Lake Champlain]]. The [[Raquette River]], which flows northwest to the [[St. Lawrence River]] near [[Massena, New York|Massena]], crosses the southwestern part of Harrietstown.