Northville Placid Trail
[Northville Placid Trail - Ways You Can Help]
The Northville Placid Trail and You:
There are lots of ways you can help the NPT -
Report Trail Conditions -
Probably the most important thing you can do is report trail conditions on this website whenever you hike parts or all of the NP Trail. Knowing what needs to be done is the first step in assessing the NPT needs and following through with funding and volunteer or professional trail crew labor to get the job done. But even more important, we can immediately report problem areas on this website for other hikers to observe and plan around or plan for.
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Become a Trail Steward -
You or a group of friends or the ADK chapter you belong to can become a trail steward. This involves visiting your adopted section of the Northville Placid Trail twice a year, in the spring and again in the fall, to side-cut brush; remove blow-down, remove debris and leaves from drainage ditches and assess and report back on any major problem areas. You are not expected to build bridges, remove large trees from the trail or deal with major wet sections of trail. These items should be reported to the ADK Trails Committee to be taken care of by the Trails Committee and ADK Staff. ADK provides trail maintenance training for free. More information can be found on the ADK website including contact information if you are interested in becoming a trail steward or lean-to adopter.
Currently we have trail stewards committed for the entire NPTrail. A big thank you to all the trail stewards noted below and those who stepped up this year to help out. Your hard work is greatly appreciated. Please say "thank you" to anyone you see along the NPTrail doing trail work. It is their volunteer efforts that keep the trail open and passable. If any sections of the trail become available for adoption in the future we will post the information here.
However, the NPTrail Chapter of ADK puts together volunteer trail crews to assist trail stewards with blow-down removal and other trail work. If you have an interest in joining one of our trail work trips please contact Brendan Wiltse - email - phone: 518-429-0049.
However, the NPTrail Chapter of ADK puts together volunteer trail crews to assist trail stewards with blow-down removal and other trail work. If you have an interest in joining one of our trail work trips please contact Brendan Wiltse - email - phone: 518-429-0049.
- Upper Benson to Rock Lake. Rock Lake is approx. 4.5 miles from the Upper Benson trail head - Thank You, Kevin Cotter
- Rock Lake to Silver Lake lean-to. This is a 3 mile section - Thank You, Cheryl Hanes
- Silver Lake lean-to to Mud Lake lean-to. This is a 5.7 mile section - Thank You, Bryan Farley
- Mud Lake lean-to to Whitehouse. This is a 3.1 mile section - Thank You, Amy Viens
- Whitehouse to Route 8, Piseco, NY. This is a 6 mile section - Thank You, Paul Weinstein
- Haskells Rd trail head, Piseco, NY, to Spruce Lake #1 lean-to. This is a 9.5 mile section - Thank You, Harlan and Hugh Hasting
- Spruce Lake lean-to #1 to West Canada Creek lean-to. This is a 5.8 mile section - Thank You, David Ratti and Jayne Della Ratta
- West Canada Creek lean-to to the Sucker Brook Intersection. This is an 11.8 mile section - Thank you, Jodi Rothmeyer, Foothills Chapter ADK
- Sucker Brook intersection, including from the NPT to Cedar River and the Colvin Brook lean-to and the side-trail to the Carry lean-to, to Moose River Recreation Area Main Road. This is a 5.7 mile section - Thank You, Bruce Knudsen
- Cedar River Road to Browns Brook. This is a 3.5 mile section - Thank You, Sonny Young, NYSOGA, NYS Outdoor Guides Association
- Browns Brook to Stephens Pond lean-to. This is a 4.5 mile section - Thank You, Roy and Geri Monty
- Stephens Pond lean-to to Lake Durant State Park. This is a 3.4 mile section - Thank You, Rich Vertigan & Holly Hawkes
- Lake Durant State Park - Route 28/30 to Salmon Pond Road. This is a 7 mile section - Thank You, Larry Kolwaite
- Salmon Pond Road - over the "height of land" - to Route 28N. This is an 8 mile section - Thank You, Sylvia & Gary Vidal
- Tarbell Road trailhead, Long Lake, to Shattuck Clearing. This is a 12 mile section - Thank You, Frank Pine, Cold River Chapter ADK
- Shattuck Clearing to Duck Hole. This is a 12 mile section - Thank You, Gary Koch
- Duck Hole to Moose Pond lean-to. This is a 3.9 mile section - Thank You, Bob and Eileen Liseno
- Moose Pond lean-to to Peacock Brook 3 miles from the Averyville trail head. This is a distance of 5 miles - Thank You, Tom Bebee
- From Peacock Brook to Averyville trail head. This is a 3 mile section - Thank You, Dan Hausner
Donate money -
Although you can join the NPTrail Chapter of ADK resulting in part of your dues going to the NPTrail Chapter and you receiving discounts from ADK as well as the Adirondac Magazine, you can also donate money directly to the NPTrail Chapter for its operations and trail maintenance projects. We have set up a PayPal account where you can securely donate money to the NPTrail Chapter. You do not have to have an account at PayPal to use this service. The Adirondack Mountain Club Inc, including the NPTrail Chapter of ADK, is currently exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Further, it is classified as a public charity under section 509(a)(2) and contributions to it are deductible under section 170 of the Code. For more information please contact your tax adviser.
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Donate time -
ADK and its chapters are always looking for volunteer help with trail maintenance. Become a trail maintainer. ADK provides training, tools and plenty of opportunity to help clear brush from trails, side-cut, remove blow-downs, and sometimes even help with larger projects such as bog bridging, log bridges, rock steps and other trail enhancement projects. Look for National Trails Day events locally as well as ADK and ADK Chapters sponsored events.
The NPTrail Chapter of ADK puts together volunteer trail crews to assist trail stewards with blow-down removal and other trail work. If you have an interest in joining one of our trail work trips please contact Brendan Wiltse - email - phone: 518-429-0049.
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The NPTrail Chapter of ADK puts together volunteer trail crews to assist trail stewards with blow-down removal and other trail work. If you have an interest in joining one of our trail work trips please contact Brendan Wiltse - email - phone: 518-429-0049.
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