Saratoga Spa State Park

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Description

Saratoga Spa State Park is a 2,379-acre (9.63 km2) state park located in Saratoga County, New York in the United States.The Saratoga Springs area has the only active spouting geysers east of the Mississippi River in the United States. The mineral springs for which the area is famous arise from fissures in the Saratoga Fault, which runs 65 miles (105 km) from Whitehall to Albany. The carbonated water that vents in springs and geysers is rich in minerals and salts. Two of the most visited springs today are Geyser Island Spouter and Orenda Spring, along Geyser Creek. Geyser Island Spouter, which sends a narrow plume of water 10 to 15 feet (3 to 5 m) into the air, first emerged in the early 1900s. Since that time, it has deposited minerals that grow a tufa deposit at the rate of two inches (5 cm) per year. Orenda Spring has created a massive tufa dome, which continues to fossilize leaves and other debris as it grows. The park is in the City of Saratoga Springs, near US 9 and NY 50. A stretch of Geyser Creek is located in the park and offers opportunities for fishing. Trails for hiking and snowshoeing are also found within the park. The park hosts ice skating in the winter and interpretive programs throughout the year. It also hosts a Winterfest and the annual New York State Section 2 Cross Country Championships.

Trails in the Hikepack map

  • Burl Trail
  • Driscol Road Trail
  • Five Mile Trail
  • Hemlock Trail - Blue
  • Hemlock Trail - Green
  • Hemlock Trail - White
  • Picnic Lane
  • Railroad Run

Attractions in the Hikepack map

  • Burl Trailhead Parking
  • Carlsbad
  • Catherine's in the Park
  • Coesa
  • Columbia
  • Concessions
  • Driscol Road Trailhead
  • Dunkin' Donuts
  • Eddy Corners
  • Ferndell
  • Geyser
  • Grand Union Motel
  • Hathorn
  • Hemlock Trail Parking
  • Hilton Garden Inn
  • Island Spouter
  • Mobil Mart
  • National Museum of Dance
  • Orenda
  • Orenda Spring
  • PJ's Bar-B-QSA
  • Park Inn Best Western
  • Peerless Pool Complex
  • Pelton Hill
  • Roosevelt Inn & Suites
  • Saratoga Automobile Museum
  • Saratoga Casino Hotel
  • Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC)
  • State Seal Spring
  • Stewarts
  • The Finish Line Restaurant & Bar

Copyright

The PDF and JPG maps are released by Hikepack under the Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
Contains data ©OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) under the Open Database License (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/). Topographic map based on elevation data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Aerial imagery available from the U.S. Geological Survey. Description text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License). Cover image ©Cg-realms https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saratoga_State_Park_Hall_of_Springs_01Aug2008.jpg CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).