feeder canal trail

Easy walk, bike or stroll recalling an era of water transportation in a paper industry based City. Shaded Wooded trail gives way to the industrial base of Glens Falls and a walk across the bridge to check out the falls might lead to a quick meal in S. Glens Falls or walk up the hill to the many restaurant options in downtown Glens Falls. Flat water canoe journey gives a closer look at a more relaxed mode of transport.

A good place to start your ride is at the junction of Richardson Street and Haviland Avenue. Richardson runs N-South. Traveling south, ample parking is located at a sweeping left turn with parking on your right. Walk your bikes down a short but steep slope and across a small bridge over the feeder canal to start your ride. The trail is level from this point onward as you travel east and then north. Watch for Haviland Cove Park on your right. The park is another parking area. Bring a swim suit. There are lifeguards during the summer and a nice pavilion for changing.In about 2 miles you will reach Route 9 called Glenn St. to the north and Main St. to the south. The last 100-200 yards are a bit closed in and pass through a visitor's parking lot. Children should be supervised closely on this ride since the trail and the canal are within falling distance of one another.Extend your ride another 1.5 to 2 miles by walking/riding south over the Route 9 bridge where on the immediate right access to the Betar Byway Trail begins. This is another potential parking area, if you want to split up the ride by starting in the middle. The Betar trail has some moderate ups and downs. Riding to the end there is acess to the South Glens Falls Beach where there is another opportunity to take a dip in the Hudson River. Just before accessing the park/beach area there is a very steep roadway. Follow it keeping right. Where the road turns left, you turn right for the most rewarding portion of the Betar Trail as it meanders along the Hudson River providing great views from the elevated trail. At this point in time, think about time, distance and energy if you and your family are new to biking. It might be a long 5-6 miles back to your starting point at the Richardson Parking area. Alternatively, the best biker can ride back and pick up family and friends at the beach where the roadway pitches up and up.Plan a lunch or dinner stop to celebrate the day's adventure.

This is a pleasant 20 mile round trip surrounded by water and woods....well maintained and marked.....looking forward to many rides on this trail and can't wait until the foliage season.

The trail is 9 miles one way from Overlook Park in Glens Falls to the end in Fort Edward. I've walked some of the trail, biked some, and snowshoed it in the winter; it's mostly flat. Some parts are paved, some are stone. There are interesting places to see along the way, including Cooper's Cave (from James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans"), the Finch Paper plant and the Hyde Collection.Today I took my first kayak ride from Murray Street to Haviland's Cove Park (there is a beach on the Hudson River there). It was pretty and quiet and a nice way to spend a summer afternoon.There are docks for canoes and kayaks at Overlook Park, Murray Street and Shermantown Road in Glens Falls and at Martindale Boat Basin in Fort Edward.

We started our bike ride in Fort Edward and rode to the locks. When you get to the top turn around for a nice view of the mountains. The trail is a combination of stone dust and black top. You'll have a few streets to cross in Hudson Falls. But, only one with heavier traffic as you near the cement factory in Glens Falls.

beautifully restored and maintained recreational path, some paved, some stone dust. For any on road, motorists were very supportive of cyclists.

We came here to bike based on the reviews. It was perfect timing because of the foliage. The leaves turned golden yellow in one section of the trail. The whole route was about 4.5 miles long. There were people walking. The route was flat so easy riding along the canal. The best thing was there was no cars! I hate sharing roads with cars. Glad to have found this trail.

Walked about 4 miles of bike trail that is close to the canal and some parts close to the Hudson river but is in a very industrial areaso not a lot of vistas but certainly worth sometime because it seems to be maintained and has hard gravel surface that is great for walking or bikes.

If you are looking for predominantly a flar ride, this is it. Very few hills involved except down by the locks. It starts on Haviland rd where there is ample parking, and the terminus would be the Amtrak train station in Ft. Edward, which in itself is a neat stop for lunch. At one pont you do ride on the city streets, which is marked at least going towards Ft. Edward (not marked on way back, from what I saw). You also ride past some cement processing plants along the Hudson, and log Yards along the way... All of which truly are part of this area's heritage.A good way to learn about an area in a socio-economic sense. Although its not an absolute country ride, there is just enough of the countryside to make it feel like a worthwhile ride.

Nice walking or biking trail, well maintained. I did the two mile stretch from the Cooper Bridge to Richardson Street. Nice way to spend a summer afternoon.

The trail is interesting to a point. Some local history is apparent from the fact that this area used to be the main thoroughfare in the area before the invention of the automobile. But at a few times of year the trail follows a fetid feeder canal. Folks in the area have been known to dump garbage in the canal. it is the outdoors but it is not the great outdoors. Oh well, not everywhere can be as beautiful as Yellowstone or the Grand tetons

Try this with your family. Borders the canal on the left and the river on the right. Can be long or short ride on packed surface.Fun, shady, and sunny. Places to stop along the way.

The Feeder Canal Trail is also known as the Lake George bike trail. The trail head in Queensbury on Country Club Rd. (off Quaker Rd) is a great place to begin a beautiful, scenic 16 round trip ride into Lake George Village, exiting the trail across from the Million Dollar Beach and into the state park. Beyond Queensbury the trail runs another 4-5 miles into Glens Falls to the interesting feeder canal of the old lumber mill days. There is one long uphill climb out of Lake George and some small inclines here and there, but otherwise it's fairly flat (and the rides downhill are tremendous!). It's lovely to ride into the Village for lunch and to sit in Shepard's Park facing the smaller beach and gorgeous Lake George. You can even take the time to tour the recreated Fort William Henry or take a restful and awesome tour of the south end portion of this long Lake on the Mohican boat or Minnehaha paddle wheel boat. The Lac du Saint Sacrament boat is a longer ride and can offers buffets for all meals. The local museum next to Shepard's Park is also interesting to visit and learn about life in a small Adirondack town.

Easy walk, small animals, flowers. birds bikes allowed, any distance available.all connected, no big hills

I've been on the Cape Cod Rail Trail, and this is almost as good. I like to ride on paved trails- and this is a nice place to get away from Lake George's crowds. Very nice trail- highly recommend.