Bald Mountain and Mount Van Hoevenberg Impromptu decisions to do these back to back during a weekend. Turned out to be couple of best fall hikes in Adirondacks. While Bald Mountain was a shorter hike, Mt van Hoevenberg was a well paved steep and longer hike.Bald mountain hike was pretty much along the cliff side…
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Cascade Mountain Trail (Sep 2024)
A ~5.5 mile hike to the summit sounded enticing as doable on a good sunny day with comfortable temperatures and humidity. We did read about it as being a rocky terrain with boulders in many places. We were at the trail head by around 9:30 AM after a couple of hours driving from home. We…
Mt Jo Trail, Heart Lake – Adirondacks Fall Foliage (Oct 2021)
Originally, we had thought about doing the Cascade Mountain trail after Owls Head, but because of the time we spent at Owls head, we decided that it would be too late to start Cascade Mountain trail that late in the day. We had a plan B to go to Mt. Jo near Heart Lake in…
Owls Head Trail, Adirondacks Fall Foliage (Oct 2021)
This time, for the leaf peeping, we went to Adirondacks region again. But, to do something different from our previous visits, we chose first Owls Head Trail. This trail and trail head resides in a private property and the owners have an understanding with NYSDEC for providing access to visitors. But, this access is only…
Green Lakes State Park (May 2021)
Green Lakes State Park Just as the name indicates, as soon we parked the car and got out, we could see the greenish-blue/turquoise colored water in the lake. As we got closer to the trail around the lake, it was so amazing and it appeared like lakes formed closer to glaciers. Entire perimeter of the lake…
Delphi and Pratt's Falls County Park (May 2021)
Delphi Falls (Madison County) We went to Delphi Falls that is about 30 min away, also in the Cazenovia area. On the way, we stopped by the Lakeland Park Pier located on the shore of the Cazeonovia Lake. It was a beautiful picnic spot and hardly anyone was there, being a weekday it was. Delphi…
Chittenango Falls State Park (May 2021)
The park is located near Cazenovia, a quaint town in Central NY a bit east of Syracuse. The falls is apparently falling over a structure sculpted since the glacial age and it can be seen by the layers of rocks behind and around the falls. From the parking area, the access to falls is from…
High Falls Conservation Area (May 2021)
When we reached there, there were hardly any cars in the parking lot. It was a similar situation even during our previous visit. The falls overview can be reached from the parking area with <30 min hike through the wooded area via the green trail. There is a viewing platform to get a nice view…
Adirondacks: Indian Head and Rainbow Falls Hike
After contemplating for several weeks, we bit the bullet and decided to do this hike. The main problem for us was the daunting 11-12 mile hike. Anyway, the point is that we set off to do it this weekend. Sunday showed more chances for rain than Saturday. So, we left early on Saturday. We had…
Blue Mountain Lake – Central Adirondacks
Our agenda was to get to Blue Mountain Lake and do the small hike up to the Castle Rock Summit to get a view of the Blue Mountain Lake. The drive from our house through the foothills of Adirondacks didn’t show that the fall colors had peaked, but once we went past Warrensburg and the…
Chronicles of a Wanderer 