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Environmental Baddies 4w
shit just hit the fan with my family and I’m seriously thinking of bailing on Thanksgiving. I need a mental break. I’m in the northeast. Any recs for a few hour drive somewhere to spend the weekend hiking? (and with affordable lodging nearby?)
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Anonymous 4w

Mount Washington will be busy and covered in friendly people

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Anonymous 4w

Long Lake is absolutely BEAUTIFUL absurdly tiny town- I don’t know what the weather looks like there this week, but it’s up in the Adirondacks and it’s so lovely there.

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Anonymous 4w

As a student of the area… ADK mountains. Cheapish hotels in Malone or old forge or saranac lake. Lake placid is more expensive but closer to high peaks

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Anonymous 4w

do you have cold weather gear? And how far northeast?

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Anonymous 4w

Just car camp around western ma and go to state forests and national wildlife reserves areas. Shit hit the fan be in nature this weekend no one will bother you. Old growth forests we have a few. Wikipedia has lists of them plot them on a map and wander.

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Anonymous 4w

Williamstown, MA. All the college kids go home so you’ll have the mountains all to yourself. Don’t stay at the Williams Inn though, that shit is expensive

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Anonymous 4w

How many hours? New River Gorge in West Virginia is criminally underrated but not in the northeast at all lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 4w

Yes and ideally no further than the Canadian border lol

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4w

White mountains always have some good hikes and car camping is the cheapest housing you can get

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 4w

Oh actually check out the high peaks and Adirondack Park in upstate New York

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 4w

I have absolutely zero clue what the weather is like right now (like whether the snow has started sticking) but it’s a SUPER beautiful area and there’s a bunch of hiking. I’ve done some sections of the Northville-Lake Placid trail and the hikes around the Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake are great

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 4w

As a potential bonus, Adirondack Park has extremely limited cell service and it will be difficult for your family to nag you until you return to civilization

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