Our private trails on 700 acres with 4 mountains are a "must see" for Fourpeaks guests. Rattlesnake Knob with the best view possible of the 5,000-foot High Peaks. The Lookout Trail on open ledge by Whiteface Mountain. Many more scenic trails and Beauty Spots. But if you're here for more than just a few days we reccommend a day trip to Taylor Pond, a New York State wilderness property with a 5-mile lake for canoeing, fishing, swimming at a primitive beach, or just looking at.
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View from primitive sand beach.
Taylor Pond and the land around is a designated New York State Recreational Wilderness area and is open to the public year round. Fees are not collected outside of the Summer season. A few local people hunt in season and there may be snowmobilers on the trail in Winter. But the Lake Placid tourists never get this far from the village and the commercial attractions. Taylor Pond is little used. A good place for a quiet look at natural things. (Loons still live here.)
[Reservation System 800/456-CAMP. Day Use in Season $3/per car. Canoe with jackets&paddles $15/day (2003).]
How to get to Taylor Pond. (See Map below.)
Activities at Camp. Stay right where you are. Here are twenty-one things to do at our backcountry Camps. Listen. Watch. Find a different rhythm sleeping, eating, playing and getting around they way they did at Fourpeaks 100 years ago and more. Hiking. R&R. More about Fourpeaks Camps: What they're like and NOT LIKE. A Word About Adirondack Vacation Value.
Hiking/Walking Trails & Beauty Spots.
Home to seven families during the last century, Fourpeaks valley is covered by developed roads and skid trails settlers used to access their fields, woodlots and pasture lands. A fire on Basset Mountain in the early 60's left a network of fire roads as well. Salvage harvesting after the great Ice Storm in January '98 improved access to the higher elevations. Fourpeaks 4 mountains (Bassett, Wainwright, Rattlesnake and Ebenezer) are friendly 2,000-foot peaks which can provide hours and days of pleasant discovery for both the seasoned hiker and everyday walker--afoot, or on snowshoes or skis! Trails lead to summits and ridges with river, valley and mountain views, and to beauty spots worth visiting. For a private experience you don't have to drive to--away from the crowds on overused public trails.
Swim/Float the AuSable River and discover old-fashion swimming fun in a natural place with no chlorine or crowds of people. CLICK HERE for all about our nearby AuSable River swimming holes with map link for how to get there. CLICK HERE for (NY Times article) "Where the Pools Are Never Crowded, And Water Slides Are Nature's Own." And CLICK HERE for lake swimming places not too far away.
Bring Plastic Floats! For Fourpeaks swimming and floating fun we suggest that you bring along with you a toy tube/ring float, especially if you have kids. (There's a compressor with the proper fittings at Camp Barn to keep your tube properly inflated.) CLICK HERE for more about plastic floats.
Activities Nearby. Swimming, fishing, biking, canoeing, boating, museums, nature centers, shopping, food, restaurants, beer & wine in the nearby High Peaks and the greater Lake Champlain Region. Outdoor activities, educational activities, sports, tourist attractions, rainy day things to do.
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Fourpeaks offers lots more than just lodgings. Browse our 10 activity pages for 20 miles of private hiking/skiing trails, an unequalled nature experience with no people. River swimming, floating, wilderness canoeing, fishing at the famed AuSable River nearby. And just R&R in our accessible wilderness. [CLICK HERE for Fourpeaks Adirondack Activities.]
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Fourpeaks hosts now welcome paying guests to a 700-acre rest and playground for vacations in the Adirondack Great Camp tradition. Couples appreciate Fourpeaks secluded settings. Adventure families have fun exploring our accessible wilderness. Folks with dogs enjoy the open spaces to run their pets. A private nature retreat, a place for restoring personal energies. Are you in this picture? CLICK HERE to find out! [More about this at Frequently Asked Questions.]
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