Backbone Trail

Backbone Trail: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Backbone Trail

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Backbone Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.49971, -76.78932. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Backbone Trail

• Finger Lakes National Forest · sanctuary · Schuyler · ~4 km · Must-see
• Taughannock Falls State Park · waterfall · Tompkins · ~18 km · Must-see
• Lodi Point State Park · sanctuary · Seneca · ~19 km · Must-see
• Cayuta Lake · lake · Schuyler · ~19 km · Must-see
• Watkins Glen State Park · park · Schuyler · ~22 km · Must-see
• Seneca Mill and Falls · waterfall · Yates · ~22 km · Must-see
• Robert H. Treman State Park · sanctuary · Tompkins · ~26 km · Must-see
• Allan H. Treman State Marine Park · park · Tompkins · ~28 km · Must-see
• Stewart Park · park · Tompkins · ~30 km · Must-see
• Ithaca Falls · waterfall · Tompkins · ~31 km · Must-see
• Long Point State Park (Finger Lakes) · park · Cayuga · ~32 km · Must-see
• Johnson Museum of Art · museum · Tompkins · ~32 km · Must-see
• Cayuga Lake · lake · Cayuga · ~32 km · Must-see
• McGraw Tower · attraction · Tompkins · ~32 km · Must-see
• Sage Chapel · church · Tompkins · ~32 km · Must-see
• Lamoka Lake · lake · Schuyler · ~32 km · Must-see
• Sampson State Park · park · Seneca · ~33 km · Must-see
• Beebe Lake · lake · Tompkins · ~33 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Backbone Trail

Other treks near Backbone Trail

• Highland Crossing Trail · trek · Monroe · ~121 km · Must-see
• Old Loggers Path · trek · Lycoming · ~138 km · Must-see
• Crystal Hills Trail · trek · Steuben · ~62 km
• Interloken Trail · trek · Schuyler · ~2 km
• Burnt Hill Trail · trek · Schuyler · ~4 km
• Gorge Trail · trek · Schuyler · ~6 km
• Gorge Ponds Trail · trek · Schuyler · ~6 km
• No-Tan-Takto Trail · trek · Seneca · ~7 km
• South Slope Trail · trek · Schuyler · ~8 km
• Fossenvue Trail · trek · Seneca · ~12 km

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