There is a marked, paved parking lot just beside the dirt road going down to the water. Â You can park here and walk 1 min to the stream, or park on the dirt road itself, but it is muddy. The current here moves visibily fast. We did see tents set up along the shore, and […]
This beach is EXTREMELY crowded on weekends. Â It feels more like a New York City beach in that way. Â Large swimming area and sand beach, shaded picnic area, large facilities building. http://www.nysparks.com/parks/53/details.aspx
Our GPS coordinates were taken at the falls.  Along the road you will see state park signs, and you want to follow the ones for “Shelving Rock Falls.” If you are coming from the south you’ll see a sign marked “Shelving Rock Falls Trail” followed by a small bridge.  The parking lot is the first […]
To find this road, go along Saratoga Ave in South Glen Falls,  and you’ll see a large barn-type structure that looks abandoned. The road is an immediate right onto Beach road. This place is totally weird, but has a small beach which seems to be popular with families. There is a well worn trail around […]
This is a small town beach that seems to be very popular with families with children. Â There is a medium sized swimming area on the Hudson, with a sand beach and surrounding picnic areas. Â There seems to be a kayaking launch as well. Â You can see that upstream there is a rope swing on the […]
New York City is surrounded by beaches, but they can be extremely difficult to access. Many of the beaches have limited use for the public, require permits obtained in advance, or have extremely high entrance fees. These restrictions prohibited us from covering this area in-depth, so instead we have included our research below to help […]
A park ranger told us about this location, and that people swim here. Â There is a cascade fall emptying into a medium pool with clear water and a sandy bottom. Â We would guess that it is about 4 ft deep. Â Reportedly there is more swimming up, and downstream, but we don’t know exactly where as […]
This park doesn’t seem to be as popular as the nearby Million Dollar Beach, so in some ways it is nicer as it seems like a more low key place to bring young children. Â The swimming area is a straight away along the shore so you could do some laps, but there is less of […]
We were traveling with a dog, so they wouldn’t let us into to this park even though we explained that we  just wanted to take pictures.  So we don’t have the details for this location, but here are the directions and info from their website: Veteran’s Memorial Park Beach About a half mile north of […]
This is a cute little town beach on Lake George, with tennis courts and a picnic area.  There is a dock and a nice walkway with a gazebo.  This park is small, but has the same pretty sand beach and turquoise water you’ll find on Lake George. http://www.boltonchamber.com/bolton-landing-parks.asp