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Best Hiking Trails in Lake George Wild Forest

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Lake George Wild Forest is a protected area in New York.


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  • Hiking Trails (37)
  • Reviews (54)
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    Buck Mountain Loop via Buck Mt Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 8.9 mi
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    Buck Mountain via Buck Mt Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ MODERATE 2.9 mi
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    Black Mountain Ponds Loop via Black Mountain Summit Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ MODERATE 6.9 mi
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    Fifth Peak via Five Mile Point Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 2.5 mi
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    First Peak Loop via Tongue Mountain range Trail and Northwest Bay Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 11.1 mi
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    Sleeping Beauty Loop via Dacy Clearing Road
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ MODERATE 7.0 mi
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    Sleeping Beauty via Dacy Clearing Road
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ MODERATE 6.4 mi
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    Buck Mountain via Buck Mt Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ MODERATE 6.1 mi
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    Fishbrook Pond Picnic Site Loop via Erebus North Slope Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ MODERATE 7.9 mi
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    Sleeping Beauty Loop via Erebus North Slope Trail and Erebus South Slope Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 8.1 mi
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    AmpleHeather2268 3 years, 6 months ago
    Buck Mountain via Buck Mt Trail
    I’d say moderate to difficult towards the top. Beautiful trail that follows a creek a good portion, semi wide, nice moderate challenges throughout and beautiful view from the top!
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    EagerDune5860 4 years, 4 months ago
    Black Mountain (1/8/22, 10:36:02AM)
    Lots of thick ice, slid even with spikes at times.
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    BoldFog1032 5 years ago
    Track (5/21/21, 10:11:41AM)
    Very good hike. Two areas were very difficult but overall I liked the mountain.
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    FullCanoe9004 5 years, 3 months ago
    Sleeping Beauty
    Easy hike. Good mix of terrain and views.
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    ProudWood4811 5 years, 7 months ago
    Black Mtn descent (10/18/20, 3:30:26PM)
    The trail starts wide and wonderful but then it gets awful. Straight up a wet creek bed. Nothing but rocks and roots and mud. Lots of time spent bushwhacking off trail to get around the deeper water. The view is amazing though
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    SoundHail1359 5 years, 10 months ago
    Tongue Mtn to Montcalm Point (7/11/20, 10:02:36AM)
    Excellent hike. Very rugged terrain don’t underestimate the time needed.
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    TameGrove3108 6 years ago
    Track (5/23/20, 2:19:11PM)
    Thu was such a beautiful hike. They were some hard spots however the view of lake George was worth the hike.
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    StrongCompass3855 6 years, 1 month ago
    Black Mt. Loop
    This 7 mile loop was hard work. There was definitely a payoff for that hard work. The summit was an amazing 180 view of Lake George. The only reason I don’t give this review 5 stars is because there is some sort of wind mill at the peak that makes a lot of noise when the wind is blowing and the wind is always blowing at the summit.
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    StrongCompass3855 6 years, 1 month ago
    Sleeping Beauty to Bumps Pond
    It was April 11th 2020 during the COVID 19 “Shelter-in-Place” order. We hiked in from Hogtown parking lot to Bumps Pond. We arrived at about 9am on a sunny but windy Saturday. We knew the trail would be busy to Sleeping beauty summit so we avoided the main trail. It was a nice hike. Trekking poles are a must. Lots of water in the trail. Lots of traffic on the main trail coming back. Start this hike at sun up to avoid the crowds.
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    SafeStorm8299 6 years, 1 month ago
    Black Mountain
    Early spring conditions. Muddy, snow and ice. Not a bad hike by any means just be prepared
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    SilentGoggles5759 6 years, 6 months ago
    Black Mt
    Windmill is trippy.
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    SilentGoggles5759 6 years, 6 months ago
    Sleeping Beauty Mtn
    3rd trip up this month, great views.
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    SilentGoggles5759 6 years, 7 months ago
    Buck Mt Trail
    Day after heavy rains. I'm not running water on the trail, mind, and leaves. Still a great hike, always awesome to you. Go down just for the rain started. Will do again before the snowfalls.
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    Stephen Mackey 7 years, 3 months ago
    We built this trail and are waiting on the DEC to give us permission to mark the upper parts with trail markers and do trail improvements. The early part is on the Harris Land Preserve and is permanent. For some reason the surveying tape was taken down and the hikers that were trying to follow the trail got lost and did not make the summit. We fixed some of the survey tape and also broke trail, so that it is now easy to follow, at least until the next major snow storm. Hopefully it will officially open in spring 2019.
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    AbleIvy1159 7 months, 2 weeks ago
    Black mtn and ponds
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    Sean O’Dwyer 10 months, 1 week ago
    Black Mountain
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    TameCamp7593 10 months, 1 week ago
    Pole Hill Pond Loop
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    AbleIvy1159 1 year, 6 months ago
    Buck Mt / Pilot Knob Parking Area to Buck Mt to Inman Pond Connector Trail, Fort Ann, NY, USA
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    SweetKayak2471 1 year, 9 months ago
    Buck Mountain via Buck Mt Trail
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    WildYogaMat9631 1 year, 11 months ago
    Track (6/11/24, 12:01:25PM)
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    CoolQuarry5030 2 years, 4 months ago
    Black Rock Mt.
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    berne.shaw 2 years, 7 months ago
    Buck Mountain via Buck Mt Trail
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    ZippyGoggles5510 2 years, 7 months ago
    Fifth Peak via Tongue Mountain range Trail
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    Chet King 2 years, 8 months ago
    Buck Mountain
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    Craig Evans 2 years, 9 months ago
    Buck Mountain via Buck Mt Trail
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    GreatUpland2875 3 years, 4 months ago
    Track (1/8/23, 10:42:47AM)
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    VastStar1065 3 years, 8 months ago
    Buck Mountain via Buck Mt Trail
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    Rachel Sloan 3 years, 10 months ago
    Pole Hill Pond Hike
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    Rachel Sloan 3 years, 10 months ago
    Pole Hill Pond Hike
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    Rachel Sloan 3 years, 10 months ago
    Pole Hill Pond Hike
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    BraveGaze9338 4 years, 2 months ago
    Dominick Daisy Rose D Tom Laurie Quinten (7/15/20, 2:00:13PM)
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    EagerDune5860 4 years, 3 months ago
    Northern Tongue Range (2/27/22, 9:04:50AM)
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    SlimSage4973 4 years, 6 months ago
    First Peak Loop via Tongue Mountain range Trail and Northwest Bay Trail
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    TFashouer 4 years, 6 months ago
    First Peak Loop via Tongue Mountain range Trail and Northwest Bay Trail
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    SoftCompass4160 4 years, 7 months ago
    Fifth Peak via Five Mile Point Trail
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    HotMound7528 4 years, 8 months ago
    Sleeping Beauty
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    WildRidge7032 4 years, 11 months ago
    Deer Leap (5/31/21, 1:01:56PM)
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    George 5 years ago
    Track (5/7/21, 12:00:13PM)
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    DustySpruce8422 5 years, 7 months ago
    Track (10/24/20, 10:07:08AM)
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    Melissa Stankovich 5 years, 7 months ago
    Black Mountain Ponds Loop via Black Mountain Summit Trail
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    Bill Flanagan 5 years, 8 months ago
    Sleeping Beauty
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    KeenVista8315 5 years, 8 months ago
    Buck Mountain Loop via Buck Mt Trail
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    Huseyin Kandir 6 years ago
    Fifth Peak via Five Mile Point Trail
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    StrongCompass3855 6 years, 1 month ago
    Black Mtn Trailhead to Millman Pond
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    ChillyFir1358 6 years, 1 month ago
    Buck Mountain Loop via Buck Mt Trail
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    ZanyStar6186 6 years, 3 months ago
    Track (2/22/20, 11:20:33AM)
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    EasyWind 6 years, 3 months ago
    Fifth Peak via Five Mile Point Trail
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    TrueThyme5607 6 years, 4 months ago
    Buck Mountain via Buck Mt Trail
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    EasyWind 6 years, 6 months ago
    Fifth peak in and out.
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    Kat MH 6 years, 6 months ago
    Buck Mt Parking Lot to Buck Mountain, Fort Ann, NY, USA
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    SilentGoggles5759 6 years, 7 months ago
    Brown , Huckleberry, and Five Mile Mtns.
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    SilentGoggles5759 6 years, 7 months ago
    Fifth Peak
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    Chet King 6 years, 10 months ago
    Track (7/20/19, 7:02:05AM)
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    BoldFog1032 6 years, 11 months ago
    Black Mountain (6/22/19, 12:49:50PM)
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