Nature / Parks

Picnic.

Price: Free

Easy .5 mile nature trail for walking and snowshoeing maintained by the Queensbury Land Conservancy. Fishing. NO vehicles, camping or campfires are permitted.

Season: YR
Playground, softball, soccer fields, basketball, tennis courts, hiking. Picnic, BBQ pavilion rental by reservation. Fishing and ice skating pond; restrooms. Saucer sledding only, saucers available for Park use, or bring your own. Weather permitting.

Price: Free

Season: YR
7km of varied terrain for running and walking, snowshoeing. Trails are groomed and lighted for cross-country skiing.

Price: Free

Season: July-August
The Institute monitors the "health" of Lake George water. Summer lecture series.

Wheelchair accessible 0.93 mile trail.

Season: YR
Four-season recreation. Ice skating on frozen pond, weather permitting, warming hut. Pool, playground, ball fields, tennis, bath house. Home field for the Glens Falls Golden Eagles of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League and the Glens Falls Greeenjackets of the North American Football League.

Price: Free/$

Beginning of historic towpath trail and waterway at Feeder Dam, Richardson St and Haviland Ave. Listed on New York State and National Register of Historic Places, National Recreation Trail system. Walk, bike, paddle; cross-country skiing, snowshoe.

Picnic, barrier playground.

Price: Free

Season: July-Columbus Day
Open pit garnet mine tours, specimen collecting, rock exhibit, mine history, geology lecture.

Season: YR
Four-season recreation, over 100 acres. Over 4 miles marked trails for walking, hiking, mountain biking; ice skating, sledding, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing. Pool, playground, picnic pavilion, fishing pond. Leashed dogs are welcome.

Price: Free; Swim $

Season: YR
3 trails of 3.5 miles for hiking, mountain biking, birding, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. Leashed dogs welcome. Park is carry in - carry out. No alcohol, camping, camp fires or motorized vehicles allowed.

Price: Free

Season: July 1-Labor Day
Swim, picnic, playground, public launch, fee for launch.

Price: Free

Season: June-Labor Day
Swim, picnic, playground, tennis, and softball fields.

Price: Free

10 acre park, marshland walkway/observation decks, educational signage, botanical gardens, handicap access fishing, passive recreation, picnic and play area. Leashed dogs are welcome.

Season: July-Aug
Swim.

Price: Free

83 acre nature preserve along the Hudson River. 2+ miles marked trails for walking, mountain biking, hiking, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. Fishing access.

Picnic. Easy trail along the river.

Season: Apr-Late-Oct
44 acre park offers access to 6 mile stretch of Hudson River. Boat launch, playground, basketball, softball, picnic shelter, fishing. SWIMMING PROHIBITED. Leashed dogs are welcome, parking.

Price: Free

Season: Late May-late June, weekends; June-Labor day, daily
A 51 acre sand beach and picnic area operated by NYS. Beach house, changing area and food concessions. Free launch before Mem Day and after Labor day ONLY! Parking.

Price: Free; park, $

Season: July-Aug, Wed
2-hr educational aquatic learning adventure on Lake George with the educational staff of the Lake George Association. Take part in hands-on activities as you learn about the geologic history of the lake. Wednesday, July and August. Maximum 30 people, reservations required.

Operated by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. This extensive park maintains important open space at the southern end of Lake George and preserves major French & Indian War and Revolutionary War battlesites. Interpretive signs.

Price: Free; $ park

Throughout Lake George Watershed preserve including Cat and Thomas Mountains, and Amy's Park. 16 miles of trails, novice to advanced for hiking, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing; birding. Visit office for trail guides and brochures. Also available online.

Baseball, softball and soccer fields by reservation; basketball, snowtubing. Marked trails, 5-7km groomed trails, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing; 5 mile mixed use trail, backcountry skiing. Restrooms.

Wetlands can be explored by boat or trail. At Bolton Landing and Rogers Rock, look for Waterfowl, Peregrine Falcons, American Bittern and Swans. To the south, explore the wetlands of Lake George at Dunham, Harris and Warner Bays.

Picnic.

Price: Free

Season: June-Labor Day
Swim, picnic. Public launch, purchase key required, parking.

Price: Free

Season: Late June-Labor Day
Swim, public launch, parking, cartop only.

Price: Free

54 acre preserve; 1.2 mile marked trail for walking, hiking, mountain biking and snowshoeing. Includes nature education signs. No motorized vehicles permitted. Leashed dogs are welcome. Carry in/Carry out facility.

Basketball, playground, picnic.

Price: Free

Season: Late June-Labor Day
Swim, picnic, grills, playground, basketball. NO swimming without lifeguard. Pavilion available for rent.

Price: Free

Basketball, softball, tennis, playground, picnic.

Price: Free

Season: Memorial Day - Columbus Day
Largest marble cave entrance in the east. Self-guided tour, caves, waterfall, geological wonders. Guided spelunking adventure tour by reservation. Snowshoe Adventure, self-guided tours; evening moonlight guided tours; snowshoe rentals available, reservations required.

2,500 acre environmental demonstration forest maintained by SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Self-guided 1 mile Grandmother's Tree Nature Trail. Includes an 85 acre lake. Mountain biking, canoeing and kayaking, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. No picnicking or overnight camping. Nature Trail is wheelchair accessible.

Moderate marked hiking trails with great Adirondack vistas.

Entrance just north of Route 8. Park with walking path and access to Lake George. Seasonal Friendship Garden.

Season: Late May-late Oct, daily
I-87 Exit 21, 1 mile north on Rt 9 to State Highway entrance on left. 100-mile view from 2,030' summit. A 5.5 mile 2-lane highway leads to parking lot; enroute are spectacular views of Vermont's Green Mts, New Hampshire's White Mts, New York's Adirondack High Peaks and on a very clear day, the Laurentian Mts of Canada. From parking lot take continuously running viewmobile to summit for more spectacular views. Picnic at summit. Hiking trail access from Lake George Village. Drive time: 10 min 1-way to parking lot plus stops.

Price: $

Basketball courts, tennis court, softball fields, play apparatus, restrooms, picnic shelter, cookout grills.

Price: Free

Season: July-Sep
Swim, picnic, tennis.

Basketball, tennis, playground, picnic.

Price: Free

Season: Late June-mid Sept
Campground and day use area on Schroon Lake. Swim, picnic, bathhouse, fishing; 60 sites are ALL ADA compliant. www.reserveamerica.com

Season: June-Labor Day
Swim, picnic, playground.

Price: Free

Swim, picnic, playground.

Price: Free

Picnic.

Price: Free

Season: YR
72 acre facility; Museum features wildlife exhibits of native mammals and birds; children's activity room. Nature programs, Butterfly and perennial gardens, birding, honeybees, Maple sugaring, woodworking. Hiking, picnic shelter. Guided snowshoe hikes.

Season: Mem Day-Col Day
Swim, picnic, playground. Pavilion rental.

Price: Free

1 3/4 mile hiking trail maintained by the Queensbury Land Conservancy, Van Dusen Preserve offers all types of terrain from level to sloping and, in some sections, quite steep. Well marked trail provides round-trip loop to crest of mountain ridge overlooking Glens Falls and Queensbury. Walking, hiking, wildlife observation, snowshoeing; parking. NO vehicles, camping or campfires are permitted.

Season: July-Aug
Swim, picnic, playground. Parking fee. Car top launch.

Price: Free

Season: YR
View hatchery operation; interpretive film, visitor center. Staff guided and self guided tours, birding, canoe access, fishing, picnic; pavilion rental available.

Price: Free

Adjacent to Hudson River with pleasant overlook, unusual rock formations at river's edge. 2 mile novice to moderate trails. 3.5 mile Nordic trail, novice to expert. Trail head kiosk, parking. Public launch, portage 4/10 mile.

Price: Free

Season: YR
A four-season park. Picnic, playground, tennis, ice skating, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and sliding.

Price: Free

Season: Late June-Labor Day
Swim, picnic, public launch, parking, hard surface ramp..

Price: Free

Season: July-Labor Day, 12-5pm daily; closed Mondays
Swim, picnic June-Labor Day. Good for small children because water is shallow.

Price: Free

Season: YR,
Tree-top challenge obstacle course, 6 aerial adventure courses, 120 obstacles, zip lines, Tarzan jumps, rope swings, cable bridges, slides, nets & ladders. Squirrels Den for ages 3-7. Winter, spring, fall by reservation.

Price: $

Season: Apr-Oct
The most fun you will have all year! A guided ropes course experience with a series of aerial obstacles including a zip line. Try the woods paintball field with natural rocks and trees for barriers, also some strategically positioned blinds create a FUN experience for someone who has never participated in paintball before, and the target range is similar to a carnival shooting gallery.

Price: $

500-acre preserve, maintained by The Lake George Land Conservancy. New trails to be created summer 2012. Beaver ponds, wetlands, flat and easy forested hiking trails.

Berry Pond Preserve includes a pristine wetland and open water wilderness that is home to an active beaver community and contains a small great blue heron rookery. 1,436 acres in the Towns of Lake George, Warrensburg and Lake Luzerne. Easy to moderately marked challenging hiking trails off views of Lake George and the Adirondacks.

Season: YR
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. Easy to moderate marked hiking trails.

Price: Free

Season: YR
North of Bolton Landing, Northwest Bay Brook and wetlands can be explored by trail or canoe, starting from the car top launch site. View Waterfowl, American Bittern, Swans.

Season: YR
Enjoy a moderately difficult hike, past beaver ponds and wetlands, with a 270 degree view of Lake George. View American Robins, Broad-winged Hawk, Chickadee, Downy Woodpecker, Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey, Blue Jays, Wood Thrush.

Season: YR
Ride the gondola and take a short hike to summit fire tower or hike the full 9 mile distance. Accessible from 13th Lake-Siamese Ponds Wilderrness area. Look for Boreal forest species.

Season: Mid-May-mid-Oct
Rogers Rock State Campground. Pay day use fee to launch boat onto northern Lake George. Look for Peregrine Falcons near the cliffs at Rogers Slide and across the Lake at Anthony's Nose.

Season: YR
Popular hiking trails traverse the rugged uplands of the Tongue Mountain Range. Look for nesting pairs of Peregrine Falcons & waterfowl. *Rattlesnakes are found in this area! Stay on trail, wear high boots, watch where you put your hands!

Season: YR
Follow marked trail to beautiful views of Lake George and and its many bays. Day use picnic area. Look for Water Fowl and Peregrine Falcons.

Season: YR
Hiking trail is accessible from Lake George village. 1 5/8 mile trail follows the roadbed of old cable railway. Beautiful views of Lake George. Look for nesting Peregrine Falcons.

Season: July-Labor Day
Swim, picnic.

1850-acre preserve, maintained by The Lake George Land Conservancy. Use orange trail to Thomas Mountain cabin 1.5 miles along an old logging road or take the wooded route via the blue trail. Yellow trail to Cat Mountain for 2.5 miles, also along an old logging road. Summit of Cat takes in 270 degree views of Lake George and Adirondack Mountains. Richard Hayes Phillips trail (blue) 2.25 miles, through more wooded and rugged terrain across the ridgeline from summit of Cat to Thomas Mtn. cabin.

Season: YR
Future 12.5 acre park includes 2.5 acre festival space, playground, water feature, environmental interpretive areas, skatepark.