This trailhead is elusive as it is not marked with a sign, nor is there a register to sign in at. Living so close to this trail I had taken the time earlier in the year to scout out where exactly the trailhead was. I prefer to know where I am going on the day of a hike than have to take the time looking around for it (wasting time) that morning.
I did find some information on the hike online at lakechamplainregion.com. This was helpful and was a good starting point for locating the parking area, as it is directly across the street from 4525 Route 22, which is just north of Willsboro, and south of the Highlands Rd.
This is a pretty neat hike following an old jeep trail, up to a certain point. From the point it veers off the jeep trail...
Took a nice little walkabout in this area with Snickers and Bushwacker. I had never been to the area, even though it is almost in my backyard. I knew of the area through work, just based on the resources I had sent into it for fires and lost hikers, but never myself hiked in.
I was surprised at the size of the structures that are built there. The "Million Dollar Dam", and the Skeleton Dam are huge projects that were built about 100 years ago. There certainly is a lot of history in the Miner Project, and look forward to going back and doing some more exploring.
It is very easy hiking, all gradual incline. The trails are shared with ATV and snowmobiles, however, we did not see another soul the entire day. We had a nice hike in, sat...
I had wanted to hike this for quite some time. In fact, I had tried a few years ago in the winter, with no success. Today was forecasted to be a nice day early on, then overcast with rain later. I was able to get the hike in before the rain, without any problem.
I was hoping to get some company on this hike, and I had reached out to a couple of local friends but they were scheduled to be out of town. I had then resigned myself to a solo hike, not a big deal as I generally solo anyway. Well, I didn't expect one of my buddies from Washington D.C. to be up in the area, so when I found out, I asked if he was interested. We made tentative plans on Thursday night, to hike Saturday morning. We both agreed on a start time of 7 a.m. and I would...
I was feeling lazy today. My initial plans were to hike Spruce Mt. with some friends but just didn't want to get out of bed this morning. So I texted them to see if they too would rather hike Rattlesnake Mt. in Willsboro. They were feeling lazy also, so we hemmed and hawed on a few different hikes. Long story short it was just me and the pups, and we headed out to Point Au Roche State Park.
This is a very popular area all year long. I was surprised to have only run into two other people on the trail. This was nice because it allowed me to run the dogs off-leash, and when I saw another person, I recalled them until the other hiker passed by.
All three pups came with me today, which is good as typically Hattie feels left out when we...
I have known about this little hike for quite a few years, but it has been typically too warm for me to hike, and besides, we're usually camping and that is my lazy season. The hike begins just off the road in the campground that leads to the beach. It starts on a blocked-off road in the campground (Buck Pond Campground) as marked on the campground map.
It continues along following Lake Kushaqua for about 1.25 miles until finding the trail junction on the right. This area provides several areas to jump in for a swim, or for the dogs to get a drink.
Lake Kushaqua/Mud Pond Road is an abandoned railroad bed, which has many uses during all seasons.
Coming from the campground direction you will know when you have reached the junction, or...