Heading Towards the Gulf
Crane Pond
NPR
Animal control has caught what the U.S. Capitol Police says is a fox that may be responsible for biting at least one journalist and a lawmaker recently.
The fox was captured at about 3:36 p.m., according to a tweet from the police.
Northville-Placid Trail
An interactive map of the Northville Placid Trail, featuring campsites, lean-tos and nearby trails. The Northville–Lake Placid Trail, also known as the NPT, is a lightly traveled foot trail that runs 138 miles through the Central Adirondack Park from Northville to Lake Placid. It was laid out by the Adirondack Mountain Club in 1922 and 1923 and is maintained by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. It is connected to Long Path to the south, which runs through the Mohawk Valley, Heldebergs, Schoharie Valley, Catskill Mountains, Shawgunks and ultimately to George Washington Bridge in New York - New Jersey.
Also available is a printable (Adobe PDF) version of the Northville Placid Trail Maps.
Campsites and Lean-To Coordinates
Here is a listing of Campsites and Lean-To Coordinates.
Trail Road Crossings:
Below is a listing where the Northville - Placid Trail crosses public roads. You can use these coordinates to help find trailheads.
| Street | City | ZIP | lng | lat |
| 1173 County Road 123 | Mayfield | 12117 | -74.2013797 | 43.2041425 |
| 570 Collins Gifford Vly | Northville | 12134 | -74.2077243 | 43.2138129 |
| 2003 County Road 6 | Northville | 12134 | -74.3116965 | 43.2475343 |
| 2003 County Road 6 | Northville | 12134 | -74.3123703 | 43.2479095 |
| 2003 County Road 6 | Northville | 12134 | -74.4345398 | 43.373703 |
| 1750 State Route 8 | Piseco | 12139 | -74.4959583799054 | 43.4288730112742 |
| 1730 State Route 8 | Piseco | 12139 | -74.496949368311 | 43.4283456662233 |
| 471 Old Piseco Rd | Piseco | 12139 | -74.5241317665044 | 43.4481265239214 |
| 471 Old Piseco Rd | Piseco | 12139 | -74.4911075371203 | 43.7145566153636 |
| 471 Old Piseco Rd | Piseco | 12139 | -74.4627270288044 | 43.7389165463427 |
| 8105 State Route 30 | Indian Lake | 12842 | -74.3865506809112 | 43.8422133769259 |
| 8105 State Route 30 | Indian Lake | 12842 | -74.3843450915841 | 43.8384297766447 |
| 8 Tarbell Hill Ln | Long Lake | 12847 | -74.3925084093623 | 43.9760341326559 |
| 211 Averyville Ln | Lake Placid | 12946 | -74.0136636120448 | 44.2630681820573 |
Upcoming Holidays – April 6, 2022
The transit of the sun is the mid point of the day, when the sun is due south. This varies based on the time of year, but is halfway point between sunrise and sunset.
- Three Wednesdays until Arbor Day 🌳 – Apr 27
- Four Wednesdays until 8:30 PM Dusk 🌆 – May 4
- Four Wednesdays until 8 PM Sunset 🌇 – May 4
- Eight Wednesdays until 9 PM Dusk 🌆 – Jun 1
- Eight Wednesdays until June 🍹 – Jun 1
- Nine Wednesdays until 8:30 PM Sunset 🌇 – Jun 8
- 15 Wednesdays until Ugly Truck Day 🚚 – Jul 20
- 17 Wednesdays until Campfire Day 🔥 – Aug 3
- 27 Wednesdays until Columbus Day 🛥️ – Oct 12
- 28 Wednesdays until Average High is 60 🍂 – Oct 19
- 31 Wednesdays until Day After Election Day 🛀 – Nov 9
- Eight months – Saint Nicholas Day 🎅 – Tuesday Dec 6
- 37 Wednesdays until First Day of Winter ☃️ – Dec 21
- 38 Wednesdays until 4:30 PM Sunset 🌆 – Dec 28
Weather Update – April 6, 2022
April showers ☔ being the May flowers 🌸
You look at satellite photo archives and its pretty obvious that is the truth. After several days of clouds and rain things green up. I don’t see any freezing weather coming up but it might be cool enough some days with the dampness that closing windows may be warranted but heating season is done. At least for me. Might though being the Big Buddy heater camping for rainy days and cold mornings through early June.
| Today. Feels like … April 11th. |
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A slight chance of showers before 1pm. Cloudy.
East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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57 degrees | 7:28 sunset |
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| Tonight. Feels like … May 2nd. |
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Showers likely, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy.
Southeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
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43 degrees | 6:25 sunrise |
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| Thursday. Feels like … March 26th. |
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Showers likely before 8am, then rain between 8am and 5pm, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. High near 49. Southeast wind 9 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
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49 degrees | 7:29 sunset |
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| Thursday Night. Feels like … April 26th. |
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Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then showers likely, mainly between 2am and 5am. Low around 41. East wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
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41 degrees | 6:23 sunrise |
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| Friday. Feels like … April 15th. |
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A chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy.
Light and variable wind becoming west around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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59 degrees | 7:30 sunset |
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| Friday Night. Feels like … April 16th. |
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A chance of showers, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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37 degrees | 6:22 sunrise |
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| Saturday. Feels like … April 4th. |
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Showers likely, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 70%.
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53 degrees | 7:31 sunset |
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| Saturday Night. Feels like … April 16th. |
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Showers likely before 8pm. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 60%.
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37 degrees | 6:20 sunrise |
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| Sunday. Feels like … March 28th. |
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Mostly cloudy.
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50 degrees | 7:32 sunset |
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| Sunday Night. Feels like … April 11th. |
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Partly cloudy.
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35 degrees | 6:18 sunrise |
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| Monday. Feels like … April 17th. |
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Mostly sunny.
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60 degrees | 7:34 sunset |
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| Monday Night. Feels like … April 24th. |
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Partly cloudy.
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40 degrees | 6:17 sunrise |
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| Tuesday. Feels like … April 24th. |
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Partly sunny.
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63 degrees | 41 max dew point | 7:35 sunset |
Daily Update – April 6, 2022
Good morning! What day is it? A Hump Day without a state budget, of course. 🏫
I actually woke up this morning for a bit around 2 am to check the Twitter. No budget but conventional wisdom of the people who still tweet is that they want it fine before the big party known as the Black and Latino caucus this weekend. Me, I just want it done so I can get out of town next week and do some fishing 🎣 and have a big fire 🔥 with some cold beer 🍻.
Cloudy ☁️and 42 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a north-northeast breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The skies will clear Friday around 5 pm.
Not sure how much rain ☔ we will get today, 💧there is a few drops as I’m out walking this morning. Mild enough I’m just wearing the vest with the worn out Don’t Tread on Me t-shirt that isn’t appropriate for wearing around in a progressive town like Delmar. 😂 I’ll bring my umbrella like any good ol boy in a shirt and would do.
Yesterday got home a bit before six, had spaghetti 🍝, worked on some bug fixes for the blog 🐞and went for a walk down to the town park 🏞. Been trying to fix issues with interactive maps crashing – still have issues with bad characters or connections to Arcgis services causing things to crash. Been trying to develop additional blog posts and pages on topics get a lot of search hits.
I have yet to take off Thursday and Friday of next week ⛺ but that’s what I’m leaning towards once I get more certainty for my work schedule. 🗓 I won’t be able to stay at he same campsite more than three nights but I like to travel to different places and I’ll probably need ice and supplies. Next Friday is Good Friday so that’s usually a holiday. 🐰
Last night on the walk saw a rabbit 🐇 red winged black birds and robins, geese, heard spring peepers 🐸 and a deer grunting. Didn’t help that some random lady with a dog 🐶 walked by.