Bike Trails of the Adirondacks

Elizabethtown-

Wadhams-Lewis Loop

(19 miles along the Boquet River, Elizabethtown, NY)

Elizabethtown to

High Bridge Falls

(12 miles, Rt. 9 S, turn on Rt. 73 to High Bridge Falls)

Black River Road Trail*

(Mtn. Bike - 2.3 miles Lincoln Pond to Ledge Hill Road)

Split Rock Point - Barn Rock Bay Trails*

(Mtn. Bike - 2 plus 2.8 miles, Rt. 22, Westport to Lake Shore Road)

Coon Mtn. Circuit

(18.5 miles, from Essex take Lake Shore Rd, R on Schoolhouse Rd, L on Middle Rd, R on Christian Rd, R on Whallons Bay Rd, L on Rt. 22, L on Merriam Forge Rd, L on Halds Rd, where Coon Mtn. trailhead, L on Lake Shore Rd, to Essex

Views Around Essex

(17 mile loop, Essex Rt. 22 N, L on Middle Rd, back to Rt. 22, take R and look for octagonal schoolhuse in Boquet, L on Whallons Bay Rd, to Lake Shore Rd, L following shore to Essex)

Meacham Lake Trail * (7.9 miles, trailhead at Meacham Lake State Campground on NY30) Intermediate	Hays Brook Spur Trail * (4.4 miles, trailhead at Meacham Lake State Campground) Beginner	Hatch Brook Loop Trail *(4.5 miles, trailhead at Meacham Lake State Campground, Intermediate)
Rat Pond - Sunday Pond Trail @ Lake Clear* (3 mile loop, trailhead on Fish Hatchery Road) Beginner	Lake Clear Ponds Trail* (3.5 miles, trailhead at Lake Clear Road beyond RR tracks) Beginner/Intermediate	Keese Mills - Blue Mtn. Road @ Paul Smiths* (20 miles one-way w/option of hike up Azure Mtn., trailhead at Keese Mills Rd.) Beginner
Deer River State Forest Trails* (11 miles, trailhead, 12 miles W of Malone on Conservation Road) Beginner	Sheep Meadow Trail @ Paul Smiths* (3.6 miles, trailhead at Junction of Rt. NY 30 & NY 86, got 3.7 miles, R on dirt road-look for DEC signs) Beginner/Intermediate	Grass Pond Trail @ Paul Smiths* (3.6 miles, trailhead at Junction of Rt. NY 30 & NY 86, got 3.7 miles, R on dirt road-look for DEC signs) Beginner
Otter Hollow Loop Trail* (8.1 mile loop, trailhead at Fish Creek State Campground) Intermediate	Slush Pond Horse Trail @ Paul Smiths* (1.5 miles, trailhead @ NY30, L on dirt road to Hays Brook Area) Intermediate	Hays Brook Trail @ Paul Smiths* (3.6 miles, trailhead at Junction of Rt NY 30 & NY 86, got 3.7 miles, R on dirt road-look for DEC signs) Beginner
Bloomingdale Bog Trail (7.5 miles RT) past Adk. Med. Center, easy hike or mtn. bike

E. Branch Riverside Ramble (19 miles, from Keene Valley, Rt 73, L on Hulls Falls Rd)

Along the Ausable

(23 mile loop, E from Jay Village Green, cross river, L on Jay Rd, R on Green St, L and immediate R across bridge to main road, L on Rt. 9N to Ausable Forks & Jay)

Iron Man Loop

(56 miles, Rt. 73 out of Placid, past Cascake Lk, to Keene Hill, L n Rt. 9N to Jay, L on Rt. 86 to Wilmington, L on River Rd, and R on Rt. 73 by ski jumps)

Around the Mountain

(46 miles, from Placid, take Rt. 86 to Wilmington, L on Rt. 431, at top of hill R on Cty. Rt. 18 to Bloomingdale along edge of Franklin Falls Pond, L on Rt. 3 in Bloomingdale to Saranac Lake, L on Pin, L on McKenzie Pond Rd, to Rt .86 ad back to Placid)

Rapid Descent Trail Loop

(16.9 miles, From Whiteface Mtn. Ski Ctr. take Rt. 86 N, R on Fox Farm Rd, then Springfield Rd. From Upper Jay, take Rt. 9N N along river to Jay, L on Rt. 86 back to Whiteface.)

Verizon Sports Complex Mtn. Biking Center

Whiteface Mtn. Ski Center

Lake George

Battlefield Park (17 miles terminating @ Fort Edward)

Minerva

Irishtown Snowmobile Trail*(8.9 miles, trailhead at Blue Ridge Rd., 8 miles E of Newcomb)

Roosevelt Truck Trail

(2.5 miles, trailhead at Blue Ridge Rd., wide old rd that connects Cty Rt. 2 to Rt 28N)

Vanderwhacker Mtn. Trail

(12.6 miles, Moose Pond Club Rd., off Rt. 28N, N of Minerva. Dirt Rd.)

Camp Santanoni Preserve (9 miles, trailhead Rt. 28N, Newcomb)

Deer Creek (1.4 miles, trailhead: 14th Rd off Route 28N)

Port Henry/Crown Point

Fort to Fort

(17 miles, from Crown Pt Historical Site, head S on Rt 903, L on Trimble Rd, L on Lake Rd. L onto Rt. 22/9N S. 4 miles of village, lake Shore Airport Rd, L on Rt. 22, L on Rt 74 to Fort Ticonderoga. Make loop by taking Ti Ferry to VT and ridging back n to Crown Point Bridge)

Wet & Wild Loop

(36.3 miles loop. From Moriah Ctr. take Ensign Pond Rd W, R on Rt. 9 for 7 miles N, R on Tracy Rd. At Witherbee, turn R to return to Moriah Ctr.)

Saranac Lake/Ray Brook

Fowler's Crossing Trail

(4 miles, trailhead @ Rt. 86 rr crossing)

Scarface

(8 miles, trailhead off Rt. 86, single & double track trail thru pine forest)

Bloomingdale Bog*

(8 miles one-way, trailhead at Rt. 86 N of Saranac Lk or Cty Rt. 81 on abandoned town road) Scenic bog, Beginner

Kushaqua Loop Trail (13 miles, trailhead @ Buck Pond St Campground, Onchiota) Beginner

Floodwood Loop Trail* (7.7 mile loop, trailhead at NYS 30 in Saranac, take Floodwood Rd, at junction of Hoel Pond Road look for snowmobile marker) Intermediate/Advance

Stony Creek Ponds/Coreys Pond* (5.25 miles, trailhead at Coreys Pond Rod between Saranac Lk & Tupper Lake), Beginner

Schroon Lake

Berrymill Flow-Moose MtnPond-Bass Lake Loop*

(12 miles, difficult, see resources for directions)

Crowfoot Pond Trail

(2.7 miles, I87 X 30, Rt .9 to Tracey Rd Rd. to Trailhead)

Hammond Pond/Black Brook* (1.9 miles, Rt. 9 to Cty Rt. 4, Trailhead: old road/snowmobile trail)

Round Pond & Lindsay Brook Trails*

(3.8 miles, plus 1 mile, Trailhead: Sharp Bridge Campground)

N. Hudson-Ironville Loop

(28.5 miles, trailhead at N. Hudson on Johnson Pond Rd, L on dirt road Furnace Rd. to Ironville, take Cty. Rt. 2 along Penfield Pond, R on Stony Lonesome Rd, R. on Letsonville Rd, L on Johnson Pond Rd and back to N. Hudson)

Blue Ridge Rd

(19 miles, From Newcomb east to N. Hudson)

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