Trail #3 - 10 Trails We Should Build Before We Worry about Converting Rails to Trails

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McKenzie Pond Trail
This trail is pretty straight forward. The recently released Village of Saranac Lake Draft Bicycle + Pedestrian Trail Master Plan recommends a trail from the summit of Baker Mountain to the waster water treatment plant. I think that would be an excellent trail but I like this one for one major reason. While the Mt. Baker trail would be a great hiker's or snowshoer's trail this trail would be more multi-use and easier for most folks. People could hike, ski, and snowshoe it. It could conceivably even be a mountain bike trail in the future.
The waste water treatment plant could become a trailhead for a number of additional trail options.

Name

3.  McKenzie Pond Trail

Access/Description

From the Jack Rabbit trailhead on the McKenzie Pond road to the Waste Water Treatment Plan
Difficulty: For most uses I would consider that a moderate trail.

Distance

5 miles

Thoughts/Issues

From McKenzie pond to the Water Treatment Plan would be a new trail through a Wilderness Area. It should be made accessible by all but snowmobiles. (would need regulatory change to get bicycles)