Tuesday, January 3, 2017

EXPLORING CHENANGO COUNTY BY HIKING - JULY-DECEMBER 2016


EXPLORING CHENANGO COUNTY BY HIKING – JULY - DECEMBER 2016

Donald A. Windsor

We explored 15 towns in the last half of 2016, covering a total of 147 miles. 



The best way to explore Chenango County is to walk it. I lead hikes every Sunday morning, year around, for the Bullthistle Hiking Club and report them on our Yahoo group site. Here is a summary of my reports for July - December 2016. FLT = Finger Lakes Trail.

In the last 6 months of 2016 I led 26 hikes in Chenango County. We were in 15 towns. Some hikes were in two or more towns. I prefer hiking in the woods, so we tend to go to towns where state forests are located. For more information about our hikes visit http://www.bullthistlehiking.org/

Town
Hikes
Miles
Hikers




Columbus
7 Aug = Baker State Forest
5.0
9
German
24 Jul = Buddhist Temple
6.0
8
Lincklaen
4 Sep = Upham & Hyer roads, Lincklaen
State Forest
9 Oct = Joe Road loop, Lincklaen State
Forest

7.4

6.2

6

7
McDonough
17 Jul = McDonough State Forest around
Bowman Lake area
25 Dec = FLT loop Berry Hill south
5.3

5.2
8

5
New Berlin
31 Jul = Hunts Pond State Forest
27 Nov = Button Hollow loop
4.0
6.5
3
5
North Norwich
6 Nov = Whaupaunaucau State Forest
6.3
8
Norwich
20 Nov = Greenway
4 Dec = Ravine roads loop
18 Dec = Greenway
5.7
5.6
2.5
2
7
1
Otselic
10 Jul = Plank Road
18 Sep = FLT, Bucks Brook State Forest
2 Oct = Pharsalia Wildlife Management Area
5.5
6.0
7.7
8
7
8
Oxford
30 Oct = Grog Hollow, Wiley Brook State
Forest

5.1

6
Pharsalia
10 Jul = Plank Road loop
2 Oct = Pharsalia Wildlife Management Area
23 Oct = Camp Pharsalia loop
5.5
7.7
5.1
8
8
6
Pitcher
21 Aug = Pitcher Springs State Forest
5.9
8
Preston
16 Oct = Loop southeast of Bowman Lake
up Griffin Road
11 Dec = Pryde Park loop

6.3
6.3

6
7
Sherburne
11 Sep = Hunts Mountain
5.0
9
Smithville
3 Jul = Ludlow Creek stone piles
24 Jul = Buddhist Temple
28 Aug = Genegantslet State Forest
25 Sep = Genegantslet State Forest
13 Nov = Long Pond State Forest
5.5
6.0
7.2
4.0
5.3
6
8
6
9
6
Smyrna
14 Aug = Beaver Meadow State Forest
6.8
4

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