Inlet offers several ways to plan a stay: loop trails and winter activities at Fern Park, a public park on Fourth Lake, and insights into the history of the town and surrounding Adirondack communities. When planning, you can first decide whether outdoor activities, history, or both will be the focus.
Loop Trails and Winter Offerings at Fern Park
Fern Park has more than 14 miles of loop trails for hiking and mountain biking. Difficulty levels range from easy to challenging. This gives you two different ways to use the trails; the range of difficulty also provides a practical guide for choosing.
In winter, the park offers groomed areas for sledding, cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing, as well as a covered skating rink. There are also 0.6 miles of illuminated, groomed winter trails for nighttime cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. This lets you distinguish between winter offerings by activity and time of day, from skating and sledding to trails specifically intended for evening outings.
By the Water: Arrowhead Park and Fishing
Arrowhead Park is a free public park on Fourth Lake in Inlet. It has a lifeguarded swimming beach. Fishing is permitted from the park’s boardwalk, making swimming and fishing two specific activities available at the same location.
Public fishing is also available in Inlet from state and municipal lands. Listed locations include the boat launches on Fourth Lake and Seventh Lake, the boardwalk at Arrowhead Park, and DEC campgrounds. If you want to fish, you’ll find several different local locations to choose from, rather than needing to limit your plans to the park on Fourth Lake.
History and Public Offerings
The Inlet Historical Society collects, catalogs, and preserves historical artifacts, images, documents, books, and other items from Inlet and the surrounding Adirondack communities. It presents these historical materials to the public. Its scope therefore extends beyond the town of Inlet to the surrounding communities.
The Historical Society regularly holds free programs for the public in summer. If you’d like to plan a visit around a program, keep this seasonal schedule in mind. The Inlet Golf Club also has a historical dimension: the public golf course was originally designed in the 1920s.
Bicycle Races and Snowmobile Trails
The Black Fly Challenge is a 40-mile gravel bike race held annually on the second Saturday in June. If you’re planning a trip around this date, the event date is a useful planning point; the race combines a specific date in June with a set distance.
The Town of Inlet snowmobile trail network connects to the Town of Webb trail network. The well-marked, groomed trails run through forests, around lakes, and along mountains. Alongside the activities at Fern Park, the winter offerings therefore include a local trail network connected to the Town of Webb, with a route described by forests, lakes, and mountains.
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