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Do stop by Gravel Pond while you're in this part of New York. The Taconic Crest Trail offers hiking at its best, and after a long day outdoors Sedgwick Inn is a great place to spend a night or two. This lake is so wonderful. Hiking is a popular thing to do around Gravel Pond; Southeast Hollow Trail is a glorious local trail; if you came to camp Alps Family Campground is a nice place to do that. Summertime highs at Gravel Pond ordinarily tend to be in the 80's;
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| | the nighttime is a little chillier of course, generally in the 60's. All through the wintertime highs are ordinarily in the 30's, and overnight lows during the winter for Gravel Pond tend to be in the 10's.
Since you might be in a lake visiting mood you can always stop at nearby Bonesteel Pond, and Gravel Pond is good enough to spend more than a day at, Broken Wheel Campground is a good local campground. Any time is a good time at Gravel Pond if you have | |
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a thing about the outdoors. A day on the slopes of Willard Mountain is just what you need, and dry warm beds await you at Bennington Battlefield Motel. Why not take a refreshing hike along the Williams Trail, and float down the rapids
of Poesten Kill River in a kayak.
The annual precipitation here at Gravel Pond is about average; through the month of June you get the most rain around here, and February meanwhile is the driest month. The snow is wonderful at Jiminy Peak.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 42.73972
Longitude: -73.48389
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| These outdoors activities are available near Gravel Pond. |
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Jiminy Peak, Massachusetts, 16 miles away
1150 vertical feet |
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| | Whitewater Near Gravel Pond:
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Poesten Kill River, Rensselaer CountyCounty, 10 miles away
Class I-IV - 7 miles long (Eagle Mills to Troy) |
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Poesten Kill River, Rensselaer CountyCounty, 10 miles away
Class III-V+ - 2 miles long (Eagle Mills to Waterfall) |
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Hoosic River, Rensselaer CountyCounty, 11 miles away
Class V - 2 miles long (Schaghticoke Dam to Powerhouse) |
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