Map: Valcour Island
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Located a 1/2 mile off the shoreline in Lake Champlain, the 945 acre Valcour Island is home to 26 designated campsites along the shoreline and several hiking trails. Parts of the island are quite rocky, with certain points more then 90 feet above the lake.
For more about Valcour Island, see the DEC website: https://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/32055.html
Bookmark my free Interactive GPS Map for your phone:
https://andyarthur.org/ny
... shows your location as a blue dot in relationship to campsites, trails, state land. This online map requires cell service, won't work in remote country, so also bring a paper map.
Free Download of New & Historical USGS 1:24k Topograpic Maps
Interactive maps with backcountry and roadside camping: New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia & Vermont. List of NYS DEC Lean-Tos and Firetowers.
Google Spreadsheet with Roadside, Primitive and Pay Campsites
More about Valcour Island...
Valcour Island is an 895-acre island in Lake Champlain in Clinton County, New York, USA. The island is mostly in the Town of Peru and partly in the Town of Plattsburgh, southeast of the City of Plattsburgh.
Valcour Island, about two miles (3 km) long and a mile (2 km) broad, lies by the western shore of Lake Champlain, forming a narrow strait against the New York mainland. Its shores are alternately rocky, craggy outcroppings and sandy beaches. Several protected bays provide anchorages.
Valcour was the site of several farms and summer homes (and one short-lived utopian community) from the nineteenth century until the 1970s, when New York State completed its purchase of the island. The island is now within the Adirondack Park.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valcour_Island
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1 Comment
Hello mr Arthur.
My name is Eric Tremblay, I am a long time Canadian patron of lake Champlain (35+ years of sailing) and I am currently writing a French language cruising guide.
I was wondering if you would authorize me to reference your Valcour Island trail map? I am not copying the content, simply inserting a URL into text that would be referencing the map you published wich is richer in information that the one the Department of Environmental Conservation has to offer.
If you do authorize me using a link to your page I will mention your name in the cruising guide as the contributor of the content.
Thank you in advance for your response