Blue Scenic Loop

Blue Scenic Loop: 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 Scenic Loop

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 Scenic Loop — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 42.82827, -74.04927. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Blue Scenic Loop

• Plotter Kill Preserve · sanctuary · Rutland · ~1 km · Must-see
• Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 23, Old Erie Canal · park · Schenectady · ~6 km · Must-see
• Featherstonhaugh Lake · lake · Rutland · ~7 km · Must-see
• Museum of Innovation and Science · museum · Bennington · ~12 km · Must-see
• Christman Bird and Wildlife Sanctuary · sanctuary · Schenectady · ~15 km · Must-see
• Woodlawn Preserve · sanctuary · Bennington · ~16 km · Must-see
• WCSS-AM (Amsterdam) · attraction · Montgomery · ~23 km · Must-see
• Niskayuna Reformed Church · church · Schenectady · ~23 km · Must-see
• Thacher State Park · park · Albany · ~24 km · Must-see
• Thompson's Lake State Park · lake · Albany · ~24 km · Must-see
• Shenendehowa United Methodist Church · church · Saratoga · ~25 km · Must-see
• Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site · park · Montgomery · ~27 km · Must-see
• Albany Pine Bush · sanctuary · Bennington · ~27 km · Must-see
• Galway Lake · lake · Rutland · ~28 km · Must-see
• Galway Lake · lake · Saratoga · ~29 km · Must-see
• Rensselaer Lake · lake · Bennington · ~29 km · Must-see
• Round Lake · lake · Bennington · ~31 km · Must-see
• National Bottle Museum · museum · Bennington · ~32 km · Must-see

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

Other treks near Blue Scenic Loop

• Taconic Crest Trail · trek · Rensselaer · ~79 km · Must-see
• Hudson Valley Greenway Trail (Kingston) · trek · Ulster · ~125 km · Must-see
• Northville-Placid Trail · trek · Hamilton · ~129 km · Must-see
• Mongaup - Hardenburgh Trail · trek · Ulster · ~132 km · Must-see
• Mohawk-Hudson Bike-Hike Trail (hike) · trek · Albany · ~20 km
• Devil's Path · trek · Greene · ~95 km
• Long Path · trek · Greene · ~99 km
• Highland Trail (yellow) · trek · Schenectady · ~0 km
• Orange trail (unofficial) · trek · Schenectady · ~1 km
• North Rim Trail · trek · Schenectady · ~2 km

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