Finger Lakes / North Country Trail

New York

New York

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2.3 mi

Distance

1,151 ft

Gain

52 min

Time

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What we do know

  • Inside Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests

    2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.

    Boundary data

What's missing

  • No access route mapped

    We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.

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Finger Lakes / North Country Trail

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Elevation & route

Distance
2.3 mi
Elevation gain
1,151 ft
Elevation loss
1,151 ft
Highest point
1,715 ft
Lowest point
1,202 ft
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Managing agency
Forest Service

About this trail

Finger Lakes / North Country Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back route in New York with 1,151 feet of elevation gain and 1,151 feet of elevation loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 1,715 feet.

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
1,671 ft
High point
1,715 ft
Length (round trip)
4.6 mi
Shape
Out and back

Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)

Where it is

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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