I had this Friday off from work, and Leesa was able to spare a couple hours off in the morning so we went for a 2 hour paddle at the south end of Lake George. We parked at a small pulloff of Route 9, just west of Pilot Knob Road and launched from a little piece of state land that accesses Warner Bay. You can carry your boat 50' from the pulloff to the launch site.
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| Our kayak route highlighted in blue |
Our route was about 5 miles in total. We paddled north and then turned left (west) around Sheldon Point then south to Sandy Bay.
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| Nice bridge connecting a home on Sheldon Point with their boathouse |
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| State sign for Sandy Bay at shoreline |
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| Small cove on Sandy Bay |
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| Notice the shallow depth of water and sandy bottom |
Sandy Bay is known for its' shallow water and sandy bottom. Many boats anchor off Sandy Bay so people can swim. It's a great spot for little kids with most of the area having a water depth of 1-4'.
We enjoyed a swim then paddled north along the east side of Cleverdale to Ripley Point. From there we could see Assembly Point and Long Island.
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| Looking towards Cleverdale |
We looped around and returned to Warner Bay and back out. A nice 2 hour paddle. The water really is clear. In many spots, you can see the bottom 12-15 feet below.
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| This picture was accidently taken in sepia, but it looks nice |
Just used this put in for a kayak out to Long Islad. Thanks for the location tip. Keith.
ReplyDeleteGreat! You can also get to Long Island and Speaker Heck Island quickly by launching from Route 9 near the Happy Family Islands in Harris Bay.
DeleteThanks. We'll try that.
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