Photo by Mary Thill/ALT
In the Horseshoe Lake Wild Forest, south of Tupper Lake, the lower Bog River is a quiet alternative to crowded paddles and trails. The Adirondack Land Trust assisted the Trust for Public Land in negotiating the purchase of a 561-acre property and a mile of shoreline on both sides of the river above Bog River Falls. It transferred to New York State Forest Preserve in 1986, opening access to thousands of acres of public land.
Old river-driver trails provide quiet walking and tricky but fun cross-country skiing on both sides of the river, and there is more than a mile of flatwater above the falls to explore by canoe.
