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Balanced Rock route map
Difficulty: ModerateOut and Back
New York

Balanced Rock

Lake Placid, New York

2.6 mi

Distance

1,102 ft

Elev. Gain

1h 19m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Moderate

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Balanced Rock unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

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Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:664 ft
Max:914 ft
Gain:336 ft
Loss:336 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 664 ft and 914 ft across 2.6 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.664 ft747 ft831 ft914 ft0.0 mi0.7 mi1.3 mi2.0 mi2.6 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi667 ft
High point1.3 mi914 ft
End2.6 mi667 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Lake Placid, NY · about 6 mi away
County:
Essex County, NY

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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