Editing Essex, New York (section)

==Access to medical care==
Essex is in a rural area in the Adirondack Park, so most of its access to medical care is via the ferry operated by Lake Champlain Transportation. The nearest [[emergency department]] is Elizabethtown Community Hospital, a 25-bed rural hospital with eighteen on its active medical staff,<ref>[http://www.ech.org/staff.html Medical Staff & Specialty Physicians, Elizabethtown Community Hospital].</ref> which is a {{convert|17|mi|adj=on}} drive. Further away, accessible via 20-minute ferry and a significant drive, is the emergency department of [[Fletcher Allen Hospital]],<ref>[https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Essex+-+Charlotte+Ferry&daddr=111+Colchester+Avenue,+Burlington,+VT&hl=en&geocode=Fa0hpAIde8Wg-w%3BFcG0pgId1iOj-ymTDeAzQ3rKTDFhOIxTlPfthg&mra=ls&sll=44.4018,-73.22048&sspn=0.278646,0.517731&ie=UTF8&ll=44.390617,-73.272629&spn=0.278699,0.517731&z=11 Directions from Essex, NY to 111 Colchester Avenue, Burlington, VT, Google Maps.]</ref> a large, full-service hospital affiliated with the [[University of Vermont]]. An important fully staffed hospital and full-service emergency department is at [[CVPH Medical Center]], in [[Plattsburgh (city), New York|Plattsburgh]], approximately {{convert|35|mi}} to the north.<ref>[https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Essex+-+Charlotte+Ferry&daddr=Cvph+Medical+Center:+Emergency+Department,+Plattsburgh,+NY&hl=en&geocode=Fa0hpAIde8Wg-w%3BFSYUqgIdxvGe-yEI3wsgEs4CDA&mra=ls&sll=44.390617,-73.272629&sspn=0.278699,0.517731&ie=UTF8&z=10 Google Maps.]</ref>