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.
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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
- Start on Blue Lake Road, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Blue Lake.
- 250 ftBear left onto Beech Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miPass Sandy Beach Lake.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading S.
- 300 ftSharp right onto Pipeline Road Quad, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Pipeline Service Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach Tranquility Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Pipeline Road Quad, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Beech Road, heading NW.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Blue Lake Road, heading NE.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Blue Lake Road Trailhead
- Blue Lake–Sandy Beach Lake, 4 sights 2 mi · ▲ 255 ft
- Monksville Reservoir–Blue Lake, 12 sights 12.7 mi · ▲ 1,514 ft
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