Beacon Island

Beacon Island: 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 river spot: Water flowing well · Low flow / trickle · Dry, no water · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Beacon Island

Season: September to February; boat services pause in floods.

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 Beacon Island — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.10507, -74.22672. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Beacon Island

• Great Sacandaga Lake · lake · Rutland · ~6 km · Must-see
• Log Cabin Church · church · Fulton · ~11 km · Must-see
• Mountain Lake · lake · Fulton · ~15 km · Must-see
• Galway Lake · lake · Saratoga · ~18 km · Must-see
• Great Sacandaga Lake · lake · Saratoga · ~18 km · Must-see
• Galway Lake · lake · Rutland · ~19 km · Must-see
• Peck Lake · lake · Bennington · ~19 km · Must-see
• Peck Lake · lake · Fulton · ~19 km · Must-see
• Johnson Hall State Historic Site · park · Fulton · ~20 km · Must-see
• Chase Lake · lake · Rutland · ~21 km · Must-see
• WCSS-AM (Amsterdam) · attraction · Montgomery · ~21 km · Must-see
• Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site · park · Montgomery · ~23 km · Must-see
• Stewart Lake · lake · Rutland · ~28 km · Must-see
• Stewart Lake · lake · Fulton · ~28 km · Must-see
• Camelhump · viewpoint · Fulton · ~29 km · Must-see
• Rock Lake Mountain · lake · Rutland · ~29 km · Must-see
• Canada Lake · lake · Fulton · ~31 km · Must-see
• Kane Mountain · viewpoint · Fulton · ~31 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Beacon Island

Other rivers, islands & mangroves near Beacon Island

• Davey Island · river spot · Montgomery · ~25 km
• Giording Island · river spot · Montgomery · ~25 km
• Dalys Island · river spot · Schenectady · ~44 km
• Big Eddy · river spot · Hamilton · ~45 km
• Isle of the Oneidas · river spot · Schenectady · ~46 km
• Isle of the Senecas · river spot · Schenectady · ~48 km
• Isle of the Onondagas · river spot · Schenectady · ~48 km
• Isle of the Cayugas · river spot · Schenectady · ~48 km
• Quack Island · river spot · Rensselaer · ~64 km
• Moss Island · river spot · Bennington · ~64 km

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