{"id":91,"date":"2008-10-27T10:26:03","date_gmt":"2008-10-27T14:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/adventures\/2008\/10\/lake-desolation-state-forest.html"},"modified":"2016-11-07T15:37:35","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T15:37:35","slug":"lake-desolation-state-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/adventures\/2008\/10\/lake-desolation-state-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Desolation State Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Size: 828 acres<\/li>\n<li>Length: Varied<\/li>\n<li>Scenery: Forest, Streams<\/li>\n<li>Terrain: Dirt Road<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Trip Tip: Network of Trails<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Plank Road was once used for access to a glass factory<\/strong> in this area.\u00a0 Now an abandoned dirt road, this is the main trail through the NY State forest.\u00a0 The dirt road is public and has great mountain biking for all ability levels.\u00a0 Access to the road can be intimidating because of all the private property surrounding it.\u00a0 Property owners along the road have excessively posted signs to deter people from using the public land.\u00a0 Respect private property and stay on designated trails.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The southern parcel<\/strong>, 348 acres of the total 828 acres, of the forest preserve are outside of the Adirondack State Park.\u00a0 This parcel was part of the Kayderosseras Patent.\u00a0 Black Creek and West Vly Creek drain this watershed.\u00a0 The maximum elevation is 1895 feet verses the lowest point of 1660 feet.\u00a0 Wildlife commonly seen in this area includes moose and snowshoe hare.\u00a0 In the wetland areas you may be able to spot wood ducks, mallards, beaver and muskrat.\u00a0 Most of the forest is hemlock and white pine with some hardwood scattered throughout.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ride through the puddles! They&#8217;re not that deep!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong>: Lake Desolation Rd<br \/>\nTake Rte 9N North out of Saratoga Springs. Continue a few miles and make a left onto Middle Grove Rd.\u00a0 Drive past Ndakinna Wilderness Project and continue 4.2 miles to Lake Desolation Rd on the right.\u00a0 Drive up Lake Desolation Rd to the lake.\u00a0 Continue on the dirt road around the west side of the lake until you see the forest preserve sign on the right. Park here and go on an adventure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Size: 828 acres Length: Varied Scenery: Forest, Streams Terrain: Dirt Road Trip Tip: Network of Trails Plank Road was once used for access to a glass factory in this area.&nbsp; Now an abandoned dirt road, this is the main&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mountain-biking"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Mountain Biking In Saratoga: Lake Desolation State Forest :: Read More On Saratoga.com\/Adventures<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Go Mountain Biking In Saratoga! 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