Chaumont, NY

united states

Chaumont is a lakeside village of 650 people on Lake Ontario's eastern shore in Jefferson County. Take I-81 to Exit 50, then Route 12E directly into town. The village sits 25 miles from Watertown and features the rare Chaumont Barrens alvar ecosystem, where thin soil over limestone creates unique prairie-like conditions supporting plants found nowhere else in New York.