Northville-Placid Trail itinerary
Every mile marker on the Northville-Placid Trail route, in order, with the distance and elevation change between each one, and which permit each stretch needs. To set alerts for your dates, go to the Northville-Placid Trail permit page.
Which permit covers this route
The Northville-Placid Trail. One reservation is a trailhead or zone plus an entry date; you roam after that, issued by walk-up.
The permit is issued for a named entry point. Northville (southern terminus) and Lake Placid train station (northern terminus) are the ones on this list.
- Stops mapped
- 11
- Across the markers
- 138.4 mi
- Published route length
- 138.36 mi
How long it takes: 8-10 days. That is the figure the permit publishes. This page does not divide the route into days, because no source records which stop you sleep at.
The stops below are the route's published mile markers, in order, with the elevations recorded against each one.
Distance and elevation change on each leg are the difference between the two published figures either side of it, so the legs are arithmetic on the markers and nothing more.
The Northville-Placid Trail route, stop by stop
Mile 0.0
805 ft
Northville (southern terminus)
Entry point: the permit is issued for this trailhead
Trail begins at the arch on South Main Street in Northville.
12.3 miles to Benson
Mile 12.3
Benson
End of Section 1.
7.1 miles to West Stoney Creek Falls
Mile 19.4
1,488 ft
West Stoney Creek Falls
22.3 miles · 188 ft up to Piseco
Mile 41.7
1,676 ft
Piseco
End of Section 3; the trail passes the Piseco post office.
10.6 miles · 701 ft up to Spruce Lake
Mile 52.3
2,377 ft
Spruce Lake
10.8 miles · 334 ft up to Cobble Hill
Mile 63.1
2,711 ft
Cobble Hill
22.4 miles · 941 ft down to Lake Durant
Mile 85.5
1,770 ft
Lake Durant
End of Section 6.
23.6 miles · 135 ft down to Long Lake
Mile 109.1
1,635 ft
Long Lake
End of Section 7; the village of Long Lake sits 1.5 miles west on the highway.
4.2 miles · 63 ft up to Shattuck Clearing
Mile 113.3
1,698 ft
Shattuck Clearing
End of Section 8.
11.8 miles · 436 ft up to Duck Hole
Mile 125.1
2,134 ft
Duck Hole
End of Section 9.
13.3 miles · 398 ft down to Lake Placid train station (northern terminus)
Mile 138.4
1,736 ft
Lake Placid train station (northern terminus)
Entry point: the permit is issued for this trailhead
The trail's northern end.
Getting a Northville-Placid Trail for the dates you want
Planning the route is the easy half. Northville-Placid Trail dates go fast, and the ones that come back are cancellations. They return to the booking system without warning and are gone again quickly. PermitSnag checks Northville-Placid Trail around the clock and alerts you the moment a date opens.