An interactive map of the Northville Placid Trail, featuring campsites, lean-tos and nearby trails. The Northville–Lake Placid Trail, also known as the NPT, is a lightly traveled foot trail that runs 138 miles through the Central Adirondack Park from Northville to Lake Placid. It was laid out by the Adirondack Mountain Club in 1922 and 1923 and is maintained by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. It is connected to Long Path to the south, which runs through the Mohawk Valley, Heldebergs, Schoharie Valley, Catskill Mountains, Shawgunks and ultimately to George Washington Bridge in New York - New Jersey.
Below is a listing where the Northville - Placid Trail crosses public roads. You can use these coordinates to help find trailheads.
Street
City
ZIP
lng
lat
1173 County Road 123
Mayfield
12117
-74.2013797
43.2041425
570 Collins Gifford Vly
Northville
12134
-74.2077243
43.2138129
2003 County Road 6
Northville
12134
-74.3116965
43.2475343
2003 County Road 6
Northville
12134
-74.3123703
43.2479095
2003 County Road 6
Northville
12134
-74.4345398
43.373703
1750 State Route 8
Piseco
12139
-74.4959583799054
43.4288730112742
1730 State Route 8
Piseco
12139
-74.496949368311
43.4283456662233
471 Old Piseco Rd
Piseco
12139
-74.5241317665044
43.4481265239214
471 Old Piseco Rd
Piseco
12139
-74.4911075371203
43.7145566153636
471 Old Piseco Rd
Piseco
12139
-74.4627270288044
43.7389165463427
8105 State Route 30
Indian Lake
12842
-74.3865506809112
43.8422133769259
8105 State Route 30
Indian Lake
12842
-74.3843450915841
43.8384297766447
8 Tarbell Hill Ln
Long Lake
12847
-74.3925084093623
43.9760341326559
211 Averyville Ln
Lake Placid
12946
-74.0136636120448
44.2630681820573
Helpful Hint: While I suggest you look on blog for a downloadable PDF Map, you should be able to print or save this map by clicking the print button on the map above.
3DEP Elevation Hillshade. LIDAR and legacy USGS DRG Topo Derived hillshades used as a background. DEM - WMS Service: https://elevation.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/3DEPElevation/ImageServer/WMSServer, Layer: 3DEPElevation:Hillshade Gray
The Adirondack Park is a publicly protected, elliptical area encompassing much of the northeastern lobe of Upstate New York. It is the largest park and the largest state-level protected area in the contiguous United States, and the largest National Historic Landmark. The park covers some 6.1 million acres (2.5×106 ha), a land area roughly the size of Vermont and greater than the National Parks of Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Glacier, and Great Smoky Mountains combined.
The Adirondack Park boundary, commonly referred to as the 'Blue Line,' contains the entire Adirondack Mountain range, as well as some surrounding areas, all within the state of New York. The park includes all of Hamilton and Essex counties, as well as considerable portions of Clinton, Franklin, Fulton, Herkimer, St. Lawrence, and Warren counties and small portions of Lewis, Oneida, Saratoga, and Washington counties as well. (The Clinton County towns of Altona and Dannemora, despite being entirely within the park boundary, are specifically excluded from the park by statute, due to the large prison facilities in both towns.)
Not all of the land within the park is owned by the state, although new sections are frequently purchased or donated. State land comprises 2.7 million acres (1.1×106 ha), about 45% of the park's area, including the highest peaks in New York State, as well as Mount Marcy, the highest elevation in the state. About 1 million acres (400,000 ha) of this is classified as wilderness, with most of the remainder managed under the somewhat less stringent wild forest classification. Villages and hamlets comprise less than 1% of the area of the park; the remaining area of more than 3 million acres (1.2×106 ha) is privately held but is generally sparsely developed.[3] There is often no clear demarcation between state, private, and wilderness lands in the park. Signs marking the Adirondack Park boundary can be found on most of the major roads in the region, but there are no entrance gates and no admission fee.
Thank you for the map, Andy! Better than many others online. I am using it in preparations for a 6-night backpacking trip in the Adirondacks this summer. BTW, you seem to be an interesting character! :)
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Thank you for the map, Andy! Better than many others online. I am using it in preparations for a 6-night backpacking trip in the Adirondacks this summer. BTW, you seem to be an interesting character! :)
Really appreciate the KMZ of the Northville-Placid trail. I’ve done segments and wanted a way to show what’s left to be done!