Northwoods Picnic Grove
Northwoods Picnic Grove is a picnic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 127 m. Black Spruce Mountain stands 716 m to the northwest, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Frankie's Mine Train, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail passes 0.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Six Flags Great Escape
- Access
- Customers only
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 3.5 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
- 6.2 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 23.4 mi off the Stone Valley Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fort George Ruins · 4 mi
- Father Jogues Monument · 5 mi
- Cobble lookout · 5 mi
- The Narrows · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Glen Lake Boat Launch: 1.0 mi
- Gurney Lane Recreation Area: 1.3 mi
- Hovey Pond Park: 2.0 mi
- Meadowbrook Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Crandall Park: 2.6 mi
- Sullivan Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Van Dusen Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Elk's Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Nicholson Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Leon M. Steves Big Bay Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Darling Mountain: 3.4 mi
- French Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Cobble Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Beech Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Kenyon Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Colonel Williams Monument: 1.8 mi
- Peace and Victory Monument: 2.5 mi
- Civil War Monument: 3.6 mi
- Lake George Region Veterans Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Fort George Ruins: 4.4 mi
- Chapman Historical Museum: 3.5 mi
- World Awareness Children's Museum: 3.8 mi
- The Hyde Collection: 4.0 mi
- Fort William Henry: 4.8 mi
- House of Frankenstein Wax Museum: 5.1 mi
- Frankie's Mine Train: 0.1 mi
- Rocky's Ranger Planes: 0.1 mi
- Timbertown Popjets: 0.1 mi
- Ranger Randy's Railway: 0.1 mi
- Oakley's Honey Swings: 0.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 7.0 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 8.1 mi
- Palmer Falls: 9.8 mi
- Bear Slide: 9.9 mi
- Snook Kill Falls: 14.5 mi
- Old Red Spring: 18.7 mi
- Hathorn Spring: 19.5 mi
- Congress Spring: 19.6 mi
- Columbian Spring: 19.6 mi
- Deer Park Spring: 19.6 mi
- Usher Park: 4.7 mi
- Diamond Island: 7.4 mi
- Nature Center Pavillion: 8.4 mi
- Huckleberry Island: 14.4 mi
- Log Bay Island: 14.4 mi
- Small Rocky overlook: 5.6 mi
- Stewarts Ledge: 11.0 mi
- New Buck: 11.1 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 11.5 mi
- Ark Wall: 15.1 mi
- Haviland's Cove Beach: 4.6 mi
- Haviland Cove Beach: 4.7 mi
- Sandbar Beach: 4.9 mi
- Lake Hadlock Beach: 7.0 mi
- Luzerne Beach: 7.5 mi
- Arboretum: 1.6 mi
- Community Garden: 13.8 mi
- Alumni Memorial Garden: 18.3 mi
- Community Garden: 19.0 mi
- Mr.Haas's Garden: 20.1 mi
- Standard Time: 19.2 mi
- Devils Armchair: 19.5 mi
- Welcome To Saratoga Springs: 19.6 mi
- For Euler: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Northwoods Picnic Grove. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Spruce Mountain | NW 320° | 716 m | 6.2 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NNE 23° | 658 m | 10.3 mi |
| Phoebe Mountain | NW 324° | 618 m | 7.7 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | NNW 330° | 615 m | 5.8 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 315° | 602 m | 10.3 mi |
| Shingle Mountain | NNW 330° | 595 m | 7.1 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | WNW 293° | 591 m | 8.3 mi |
| Patent Line Mountain | NW 306° | 588 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:56 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:36 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 20 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glens Falls Farm, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/693976867
Day trips start here
- Lake George · 19 mi
- Saratoga Springs · 20 mi
- Ballston Spa · 25 mi
- Cambridge · 27 mi
- Capital District · 29 mi
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