Blue Lake, Westchester County, New York

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     Stay the night at Camp Discovery, and why not take a refreshing hike along the Stillwell Lake Trail. If you're dropping by Blue Lake from Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, you won't be the only one. There's so much to do here at Blue Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Trailmark Outdoor Adventures is a great spot for that. If you're here at Blue Lake, you could stop at Bailey Brook, and hiking is a popular thing to do around Blue Lake; Appalachian  
   National Scenic Trail is a good local trail. All through the warmest time of the year highs here at Blue Lake get into the 80's while nighttime lows are typically in the 60's. Highs all through the winter are mostly in the 30's with winter lows in the 10's overnight here at Blue Lake.
Blue Lake commonly gets a lot of precipitation; of all the months in a year July is the one with the most rain, and the driest month is February. You'll find a pretty lake called
 
               New Croton Reservoir near Blue Lake; do have a look at Colabaugh Pond, it's a pretty lake. This lake is so wonderful. If you need a place to stay Edith Macy Conference Center is a good choice, and you obtain a perfect sight of Collaberg Mountain from here.
An afternoon playing golf at Trump National Golf Club is always a joy, and there's whitewater on Moodna Creek for all you adrenaline junkies. Man, is there a heap of exciting stuff to do in the neighborhood of Blue Lake. Not enough hours in a day to enjoy this spot. A good close by hotel is Comfort Inn & Suites, and Blue Lake is right by the Woodtown Trail.
This lake is so wonderful. Do go to New Croton Dam while you're here at Blue Lake, and there are some nice whitewater spots on Popolopen Creek.

 
Edith Macy Conference Center, Briarcliff Manor
6 miles away
Get away from it all in a secluded 400-acre wooded property, yet enjoy all of the services you need for a productive meeting. Conveniently located, just 45 minutes from Manhattan, Edith Macy offers ...

Comfort Inn & Suites, Hawthorne
7 miles away
Meeting rooms, indoor pool, fitness center, suites for extended stay guests, self-service laundry and a business center....

Current weather conditions at Blue Lake, Westchester County, New York
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Local climate location: SUFFERN 18 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 41.24167
Longitude: -73.85806

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These outdoors activities are available near Blue Lake.
 Hotels Near Blue Lake:
Edith Macy Conference Center, Briarcliff Manor, 6 miles away
Comfort Inn & Suites, Hawthorne, 7 miles away
Tarrytown House Estate and Conference Center, Tarrytown, 9 miles away
Castle On The Hudson, Tarrytown, 9 miles away
Castle on the Hudson, Tarrytown, 9 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Blue Lake:
Camp Discovery, Croton On Hudson, 0 miles away
Trailmark Outdoor Adventures, Nyack, 10 miles away
Beaver Pond, Bear Mountain, 10 miles away
Sebago Cabins Harriman, Bear Mountain, 10 miles away
 Ski Areas Near Blue Lake:
Thunder Ridge, New York, 24 miles away
      500 vertical feet
Sterling Forest, New York, 25 miles away
      400 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Blue Lake:
Popolopen Creek, Orange CountyCounty, 12 miles away
      Class IV-V - 4 miles long (to Popolopen Bridge)
Moodna Creek, Orange CountyCounty, 17 miles away
      Class II-IV - 6 miles long (Woodbury Creek to Old Forge Hill Road)
Wappinger Creek, Dutchess CountyCounty, 20 miles away
      Class I-III - 8 miles long (Red Oak Mills to New Hamburg)
 National Parks Near Blue Lake:
Gateway National Recreation Area, Brooklyn - NY, 37 miles away
 Trails Near Blue Lake:
Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Putnam County, 7 miles away
Stillwell Lake Trail, Orange County, 14 miles away
Woodtown Trail, Rockland County, 16 miles away
 Golf Courses Near Blue Lake:
Trump National Golf Club, Briarcliff Manor, 5 miles away
 Lakes Near Blue Lake:
New Croton Reservoir, Westchester CountyCounty, 1 miles away
Colabaugh Pond, Westchester CountyCounty, 1 miles away

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Lounsbury Pond
Lounsbury Pond is in Blue Mountain Reservation and not really that close to the Appalachian Trail or Beaver Pond. Sterling Forest is about 45 minutes away. You cannot camp at Blue Mountain Reservation. Stillwater Lake is in Putnam County and the trail near it is unmarked and not named....

Secor Lake
Do you have any pictures of camp henry?  My father went there in the 1920's.  The land was sold a while ago and now has a housing development on it....Lillian Wald had a camp on secor lake .Camp Henry.i am fortune enough to have been born on the block where Lillian started the henry street settlement. I am a 49yr who spent 10 summers of my life on lake secor 67-76..Actually I live in the settlement for 3 1/2 yrs. Amazing!...

Canopus Lake
11 miles away
If you are looking for a relaxing walk and wish to enjoy a peaceful serene scene, both Lake Canopus and Pelton Pond have everything you are looking for. We collect a map from the park office and are able to spend a day in nature without having to go far. It is well worth an afternoon with the family....

Dixon Lake
12 miles away
...hestnut ridge rd.back in the late sixties ,and every Christmas the people of the surrounding lk. There were none on the east side of the lake at the time. Well we would collect our Christmas trees around fifty or so and dig them into the ice about forty ft apart and make two rows . Then we would all set a time and light em,, and we would skate , fish ,whatever the lines of trees ran from the n.west dock to the east..the clam bakes were held at the other lk..haven just up the stream that ran along my house..After the dam broke from lk haven the water flooded down into our house..What a flood..seems after that we sold the house to a fireman ,,and then our course by accident the house burnt down ,,and I thought fireman were supposed to put out fires not start em .hello to all that still prevail on chestnut ridge. yea I also went to school with Henry Winkler.. And back then we used to trick or treat all the way down to route six..camp sycamore well I still have my green card with the red paper wonder if its still good..the camp was but a lake with a cottage or two..and a cool as heck dir...

Cheesecote Pond
12 miles away
Very pleasant small pond on Cheesecoate Mountain, now accessible by a paved road from Willow Grove....

Kaufmann Henry Campgrounds
13 miles away
this campground is real cool. I love going there and im sad to leave. I am 15 and I think it would be ausome to be on the staff there as a teenager like a lot of the staff.!...

National Camp Assn
13 miles away
1-800-966-CAMP
www.SummerCamp.org...

Gedney Pond
16 miles away
It is like one big puddle full of lily pads....

Breakneck Ridge Trail
16 miles away
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I confirm Breakneck Ridge is between Dutchess and Putnam counties....
Malouf's sunset camp is an exciting new option for those who love the breakneck ridge hike, and would like to make a weekend out of it. Malouf's sunset camp-You start at the Breakneck ridge trailhead, and hike in to Malouf' sunset camp (reservations must be made ahead of time; of course.Once you get to your site, everything you need for a wonderful evening of camping awaits you. All you need to bring is a sleeping bag, which you can either carry in your pack while hiking, or have them pick up any gear you might have, and it will be waiting for you at your site. They provide a chowbox, which has everything you need to enjoy the camping experience. You should check out their website, it provides all the details! maloufsmountain.com...

Ballard Lake
17 miles away
22 Acre lake loaded with Pickerel, Bass, Perch. However, is private property....

Torne Mount Ivy Trail
17 miles away
Locally, and on the NYNJTC maps, this is known as the Tuxedo-Mount Ivy Trail. There is a 'Hillburn-Torne-Sabago' trail that ends at the middle of the TMI. These are both in Harriman State Park. I'm not quite sure what the reference to 'Robert Moses' is all about, except perhaps the state park on Long Island, about equidistant, but in the opposite direction, from NYC-Newark-Edison. Gateway National Recreation Area, although very nice, is also nowhere near this trail....

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