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Tom Wemett, PO Box 20138, Rochester, NY 14602 |
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A Long Walk in the Woods |
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Hiking |
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Northville - Placid Trail |
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The Northville-Placid Trail is a 133 mile footpath that crosses the heart of the Adirondack wilderness in New York State. It is considered a lowland trail in that it doesn’t cross mountain peaks or follow mountain ridges. The first 10.3 miles of the trail is a road walk that generally is not followed by many hikers. When the trail was cut, there was railroad service to both Northville and to Lake Placid. Today the only public transportation is by bus to Lake Placid. |
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The official southern terminus of the trail is at Northville, NY at the West end of the bridge over the Sacandaga River at Northville. Most hikers, however, begin their hiking at the Upper Benson trailhead. There they will find trailhead parking and a DEC register. That is where we began our first section hike of the Northville-Placid Trail on July 18, 2004, hiking the trail from the south to the north. |
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The Northville-Placid Trail is intersected by roads in four places making it an ideal section hike. We divided the trail into four sections: |
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The “Official” start in Northville, NY |
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DEC register at Upper Benson |
