Blue Loop Trail

Blue Loop 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 Blue Loop 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 Blue Loop Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.76584, -73.90711. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Blue Loop Trail

• Woodlawn Preserve · sanctuary · Bennington · ~0 km · Must-see
• Museum of Innovation and Science · museum · Bennington · ~7 km · Must-see
• Niskayuna Reformed Church · church · Schenectady · ~8 km · Must-see
• Albany Pine Bush · sanctuary · Bennington · ~11 km · Must-see
• Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 23, Old Erie Canal · park · Schenectady · ~11 km · Must-see
• Rensselaer Lake · lake · Bennington · ~12 km · Must-see
• Plotter Kill Preserve · sanctuary · Rutland · ~16 km · Must-see
• Buckingham Lake · lake · Albany · ~17 km · Must-see
• Shenendehowa United Methodist Church · church · Saratoga · ~18 km · Must-see
• Buckingham Lake · lake · Bennington · ~18 km · Must-see
• Thacher State Park · park · Albany · ~19 km · Must-see
• Tivoli Lake · lake · Bennington · ~20 km · Must-see
• Tivoli Nature Preserve · park · Bennington · ~20 km · Must-see
• Tivoli Lake · lake · Albany · ~20 km · Must-see
• Washington Park Lake · lake · Bennington · ~20 km · Must-see
• Washington Park Lake · lake · Albany · ~20 km · Must-see
• Cohoes Falls · waterfall · Bennington · ~20 km · Must-see
• Thompson's Lake State Park · lake · Albany · ~21 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Blue Loop Trail

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• Appalachian Trail · trek · Northwest Hills Planning Region · ~137 km · Must-see
• Northville-Placid Trail · trek · Hamilton · ~141 km · Must-see
• Robert Frost Trail · trek · Hampshire · ~150 km · Must-see
• Mohawk-Hudson Bike-Hike Trail (hike) · trek · Albany · ~3 km
• Devil's Path · trek · Greene · ~91 km
• Long Path · trek · Greene · ~95 km
• Red Loop Trail · trek · Schenectady · ~0 km

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