WMS Map: Floodwood Mountain Trail

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Data Sources

Road Trip to Coal Country by Nate Matthews - You can download the KMZ File used in creation of this map.

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3DEP Elevation Hillshade. LIDAR and legacy USGS DRG Topo Derived hillshades used as a background. DEM - WMS Service: https://elevation.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/3DEPElevation/ImageServer/WMSServer, Layer: 3DEPElevation:Hillshade Gray

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More about Floodwood Mountain...

The Floodwood Mountain trailhead is located off the Floodwood Road in the Saranac Lakes Wild Forest, accessible from Route 30 between Lake Clear and Tupper Lake. The total round trip is about 3.3 to 3.75 miles, including a moderate hike on a dirt road and the marked trail.
Directions
From Tupper Lake: Take Route 30 north for 5.75 miles. Turn right onto Floodwood Road.
From Saranac Lake: Take Route 86 west towards Paul Smiths, then left onto Route 186. Turn right onto Floodwood Road after about 29.5 miles.
On Floodwood Road: Follow this mostly unpaved road for about 6.25 miles.
Look for a sign for the Floodwood Reservation and turn left onto that road.
The parking area will be on your left after about 0.25 miles.
Hike details
Parking to trailhead: From the parking lot, you must walk around a gate and continue on the dirt road for about 0.7 miles.
Road to trail: At the first junction on the dirt road, bear right. Soon after, you will see a sign on the right marking the beginning of the hiking trail.
Trail to summit: From this point, it is a moderate, 1-mile hike to the main summit. The path is marked with red trail markers.
Second summit: The best views are from the southern summit. A short, marked herd path on the other side of the main summit leads down and back up to several outcrops with wider views.

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