Adirondack Rail Trail 📍

The Adirondack Rail Trail from Tupper Lake to Rollins Pond is part of a 34-mile multi-use trail that connects Lake Placid, Saranac Lake, and Tupper Lake. Surface: The trail will feature a mixed variety of surfaces, including large crushed stone and sand, with occasional rail tie fragments and small metal pieces. You may want to bring an air pump and spare tubes. The trail has a gentle grade, with a maximum slope of 5% and a typical slope of 2%, making it accessible to users of all ages and abilities. The trail has a typical width of 5 feet. Parking areas, rest stops, kiosks, and educational signs will be available along the trail.

🗺️ Maps 🖼️ Photos

East Pine Street Bridge

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Reproduction bridge of the old Poney Truss Bridge over the rail line. The actual bridge deck is a standard steel girder but they used old railroad ties to reproduce the look of the historic wooden pony truss bridge over the rail line, now rail trail.

Sunday October 19, 2025 — Adirondack Rail Trail — Adirondack Rail Trail - Free Parking, Free Camping, Paid Campgrounds 🗺 — Adirondack Rail Trail - Lake Colby to Ray Brook 🗺 — Adirondack Rail Trail - NY 30 to Lake Colby 🗺 — Adirondack Rail Trail - Ray Brook to Lake Placid 🗺 — Adirondack Rail Trail - Rollins Pond to NY 30 🗺 — Adirondack Rail Trail - Tupper Lake to Rollins Pond 🗺
Map: Ha De Ron Dah Wilderness
Map: Goldmine Stream Falls

Saranac Lake Garbage Dump

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Actually, these days it's the Saranac Lake Upstone Construction and Demolition Debris site, once run by Village of Saranac Lake that they actually admendmented the state constitution to expand into the forest preserve.

Sunday October 19, 2025 — Adirondack Rail Trail — Adirondack Rail Trail - Free Parking, Free Camping, Paid Campgrounds 🗺 — Adirondack Rail Trail - Lake Colby to Ray Brook 🗺 — Adirondack Rail Trail - NY 30 to Lake Colby 🗺 — Adirondack Rail Trail - Ray Brook to Lake Placid 🗺 — Adirondack Rail Trail - Rollins Pond to NY 30 🗺 — Adirondack Rail Trail - Tupper Lake to Rollins Pond 🗺
Map: Empire State Topography

Rode the Adirondack Rail Trail after dark most of the way to Tupper Lake!

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Saturday October 18, 2025 — Adirondack Rail Trail — Adirondack Rail Trail - Free Parking, Free Camping, Paid Campgrounds 🗺 — Adirondack Rail Trail - Lake Colby to Ray Brook 🗺 — Adirondack Rail Trail - NY 30 to Lake Colby 🗺 — Adirondack Rail Trail - Ray Brook to Lake Placid 🗺 — Adirondack Rail Trail - Rollins Pond to NY 30 🗺 — Adirondack Rail Trail - Tupper Lake to Rollins Pond 🗺
Map: Battery Diagram
Thematic Map: Heaven Help the Roses if the Bombs Begin to Fall