Tranquility Ridge Park

Tranquility Mountain–Blue Lake, 6 sights

8 mi · ▲ 835 ft · 3 hr 5 min

Tranquility Mountain–Blue Lake, 6 sights is an 8-mile out-and-back in Tranquility Ridge Park near Lakeville, NY. The route passes Blue Lake and Sandy Beach Lake before reaching Tranquility Mountain at the turnaround, 4 miles in. It climbs 835 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi627 – 938 ft · steepest grade: 17%8.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Blue Lake Road 41.17232, -74.25889
Nearest town Lakeville, NY

Directions

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Tranquility Mountain–Blue Lake, 6 sights

8 mi · ▲ 835 ft · 3 hr 5 min

Elevation 626–940 ft

Out & Back · Tranquility Ridge Park

Trailhead: Blue Lake Road · 41.17232, -74.25889

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Blue Lake Road, heading S.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 50 ftPass Blue Lake.
  4. 250 ftBear left onto Beech Road, heading W.
  5. 0.1 miPass Sandy Beach Lake.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  7. 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  8. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  9. 0.7 miSharp left onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading S.
  10. 300 ftSharp right onto Pipeline Road Quad, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 0.6 miSharp left, heading W.
  13. 0.5 miTurn right onto Pipeline Service Road, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  15. 0.2 miReach Tranquility Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  17. 0.5 miSharp right, heading N.
  18. 0.6 miTurn left onto Pipeline Road Quad, heading NE.
  19. 0.2 miSharp left onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading NW.
  20. 250 ftSharp right onto Beech Road, heading NW.
  21. 1.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  22. 0.7 miBear left, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miBear right onto Blue Lake Road, heading NE.
  24. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

18% dirt82% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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