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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 11–21 °C (52–70 °F)
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Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
About 2.3 km (1.4 mi) long, Balsam Lake Mountain Trail is a trail in New York, United States of America. It is on Balsam Lake Mountain in the Southwest Catskills. It lies about 13 km southeast of Margaretville.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length
- 2.3 km · 1.4 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- State agency
- Data from
- New York Department of Environmental Conservation
- Mountain
- Balsam Lake Mountain (mountain, 1,136 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Southwest Catskills (Catskill Mountains › Appalachian Plateau; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 13 km SE of Margaretville (Delaware County, New York) · GeoNames
- Connects to
- Dry Brook Ridge Trail, Millbrook Ridge Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- New York
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 42.0444, -74.5879
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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Neversink Hardenburgh Trail
4.2 mi · 6.8 km · New York
Millbrook Ridge Trail
4.3 mi · 6.9 km · New York
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