Champlain Canal Lock 4 Park

Lock 4 Canal Park is open when the State Canal System is operative, usually between May 1 and November 30. Visit the park and hike the 1.5 mile nature trail along the bluff overlooking the junction of the Hoosic and Hudson Rivers. Bring a picnic lunch and watch boats "lock through" from an observation platform. Explore the passages between the mainland and islands by canoe, using the canoe launch at Stillwater just below the dam and hydroelectric plant. The scenery is most impressive in spring when water is running over the Hoosic River rapids, and in the fall when foliage color has arrived. Explore the gorge of Hoosic River when the water level is low in summer, and fish from the tip of the peninsula of the former Vandenburgh's Island, at the end of the nature trail.