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| Rustic Furniture Fair at the Adirondack Museum |
| Blue Mountain Lake |
| Lake Durant |
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Beautiful Buttermilk Falls near Indian Lake, just off the Adirondack Trail Scenic Byway, Rt 30 (by Jon Vermilye)
Rock Pond, Cascade Pond, Stephens Pond NYSDEC Trailhead
Central Adirondack Trail and Adirondack Trail, State Rt. 28 and State Rt. 30, near Blue Mountain Lake in Hamilton County
The trailhead is on Durant Road south of Blue Mountain Lake near the cemetery.
Rock Pond trail is .75 mile, over a long boardwalk. Distance to Cascade Pond is 2.8 miles. Stephen's Pond is 4.3 miles, easy and flat. The trail intersects Northville-Lake Placid Trail at .6 mile before Stephen's Pond. Bear right at junction. Lean-to at Stephen's Pond. Cascade Pond has a new lean-to constructed on the east side of the pond, a few hundred feet eastward toward the Northville-Placid Trail along the trail.
| Closest Community: | |
| Closest Byway: | Central Adirondack Trail and Adirondack Trail |
| Distance from Byway: | on |
| Closest Route #: | State Rt. 28 and State Rt. 30 |
| Indoors or Outdoors: | outdoor |
| Admission Fee: | no |
| Latitude: | 43.8499412193 |
| Longitude: | -74.4244551659 |
| How to Find: | trailhead is on Durant Road in Blue Mountain Lake near the cemetery |
| URL: | Rock Pond, Cascade Pond, Stephens Pond NYSDEC Trailhead website |