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If you are in this part of New York make sure to pay a visit to Glass Lake. This lake is so wonderful. Alps Family Campground is a brilliant campground here; a wonderful close by hotel is Americas Best Inns Poughkeepsie. For the period of the months of summer, highs regularly are in the 80's at Glass Lake, and the overnight is somewhat colder of course, frequently in the 60's. Highs all through the winter are mostly in the 30's, and winter nights come with lows
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| | in the 10's to Glass Lake. While you're here at Glass Lake you will meet lots of people from close by Hudson; swing by Horse Heaven Brook it's a fine place to pop by.
A good spot for whitewater paddling in the neighborhood of Glass Lake is Poesten Kill River; do take a hike on the Brickhouse Mountain Trail. Have a magnificent hiking adventure along the Southeast Hollow Trail, and Comfort Inn & Suites is a great place to get some rest. The amount of rain | |
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that falls at Glass Lake is close to the national average; through the month of June you get the most rain around here; the driest of the months is February.
And that's not all you can do here at Glass Lake. The skiing at Jiminy
Peak is great, and why not take a refreshing hike along the Taconic Skyline Trail. Bousquet is a pleasant local ski area. There are other spots here than Glass Lake, for example Crooked Lake, and Glass Lake is a perfect site to camp,
Dingman's Campgrounds is a perfect site.
This lake is so wonderful. If the weather is delightful, you obtain a perfect vista of Bailey Mountain from Glass Lake; a golf course nearby is Burden Lake Country Club.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 42.62333
Longitude: -73.53222
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| These outdoors activities are available near Glass Lake. |
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| | Ski Areas Near Glass Lake:
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Jiminy Peak, Massachusetts, 17 miles away
1150 vertical feet |
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Bousquet, Massachusetts, 20 miles away
750 vertical feet |
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Catamount, Massachusetts, 21 miles away
1000 vertical feet |
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Poesten Kill River, Rensselaer CountyCounty, 8 miles away
Class I-IV - 7 miles long (Eagle Mills to Troy) |
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Poesten Kill River, Rensselaer CountyCounty, 8 miles away
Class III-V+ - 2 miles long (Eagle Mills to Waterfall) |
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Mohawk River, Albany/Saratoga CountyCounty, 14 miles away
Class II - 0 miles long (Cohoes Wave) |
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11 miles away
