Berry Pond Trail

A great trail system that can offer a moderately challenging hike or an easier one depending on which route you choose. Great views of Lake George and surrounding valley. The Preserve includes Berry Pond, a pristine wetlands and open water wilderness that is home to an active beaver community and contains a small great blue heron rookery. The highpoints of the land provide expansive views of Lake George to the Narrows and southern views to Butler Pond and the lower Adirondacks. The tract is one of only two tracts specifically targeted in DECs Lake George Open Space Conservation Plan for purchase. Situated adjacent to the existing Lake George Recreation Center, the Berry Pond tract will provide significantly expanded outdoor recreational resources for residents and area guests. Access to the Berry Pond trails is gained through the Village of Lake Georges Recreation Center trail system. The trails are identified with LGLCs Blue markers. The Blue trail leads hikers off of the Rec. Center trails and ascends 280-feet over 0.4 miles to the Berry Pond land boundary. After another 0.2 miles, the Blue trail intersects with the Orange trail. Hikers can then choose to continue along the Blue trail to reach views looking north at Lake George (1620-ft elevation) and south (1640-ft elevation). This is a 520-ft elevation gain over approx. 1 mile. From the initial junction of the Orange and Blue trails, the Orange trail follows a logging road for 0.56 miles 300-ft elevation gain) to the second junction with the Blue Trail. The Orange trail then leads southwest for 0.1 miles to the Berry Pond loop. Following the loop clockwise, the trail continues along the logging road for approx. 0.25 miles before cutting into the woods for a forested, pond-side trail for the remaining 0.75 miles of the loop.