{"id":96,"date":"2008-10-27T10:48:22","date_gmt":"2008-10-27T14:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/adventures\/2008\/10\/spier-falls-area.html"},"modified":"2016-11-07T15:35:09","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T15:35:09","slug":"spier-falls-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/adventures\/2008\/10\/spier-falls-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Cottage Park Trailhead &#8211; Moreau Lake State Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Trail: Cottage Park Trail<\/li>\n<li>Trailhead: Sherman Island Boat Launch<\/li>\n<li>Length: 1.5 miles<\/li>\n<li>Terrain: Dirt, Grass, Rocks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Trip Tip: Swimming and Rope Swing in the Hudson River.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Named for the site where an old hotel<\/strong> that housed workers for the hydro-electric plants on the Hudson River. You can still see the remains of the hotel foundations along the road. This trail starts out flat and them climbs to the ridge above.\u00a0 Once you cross under the powerlines the trails divides. Both trails continue up the ridge to the Eastern Ridge Trail.\u00a0 This area is always great for exploring a natural forest with thick trees and rugged terrain. The trail off to the south has some neat features as it continues along a spine between two creek beds.\u00a0 If you continue to the top, eventually you will connect with the Western Ridge Trail taking you to the Western Overlook for views of the Green Mountains of Vermont.\u00a0 Most the forest is Pine and Hemlock trees with a high canopy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong>: Spier Falls Road<br \/>\nFrom the Adirondack Northway (I-87) take Exit 17 South. Continue south for a short distance on Route 9 and make a right onto Old Saratoga Road. Continue on Old Saratoga Road toward Moreau Lake State Park.\u00a0 Make your first right onto Mountain Road.\u00a0 Continue around the eastern border of the park and make your first left onto Spier Falls Rd.\u00a0 Follow Spier Falls Rd up and over the mountain.\u00a0 At the bottom of the hill make a right into the Sherman Island Parking and River Access area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trail: Cottage Park TrailTrailhead: Sherman Island Boat LaunchLength: 1.5 milesTerrain: Dirt, Grass, RocksTrip Tip: Swimming and Rope Swing in the Hudson River.Named for the site where an old hotel that housed workers for the hydro-electric plants on the Hudson River&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiking"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Hiking Saratoga Springs, NY<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Spier Falls Area is located north of Saratoga. 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