EXPLORING
CHENANGO COUNTY BY HIKING – JANUARY - JUNE 2016
Donald
A. Windsor
We
explored 14 towns in the first half of 2016, covering a total of 121
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 January - June 2016.
In
the first 6 months of 2016 I led 25 hikes in Chenango County. We
were in 14 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.
|
Town
|
Hikes
|
Miles
|
Hikers
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Afton
|
17 Apr Stone piles, Melondy SF
|
3.6
|
5
|
|
Columbus
|
7 Feb Skinner Hill SF
|
4.0
|
11
|
|
Coventry
|
27 Mar Coventry SF
|
3.7
|
10
|
|
German
|
28 Feb Forty Brook, 5-Streams SF
13 Mar Stone piles, 5-Streams SF
26 Jun German roads
|
3.0
5.7
6.6
|
9
9
7
|
|
Guilford
|
15 May South Hill SF
|
3.0
|
6
|
|
McDonough
|
3 Jan FLT, Tower – Bowman Lake SP
17 Jan CCC Camp
21 Feb FLT
|
5.2
6.3
6.0
|
5
8
18
|
|
New Berlin
|
24 Jan Ambler SF
7 Feb Skinner Hill SF
|
3.9
4.0
|
10
11
|
|
North Norwich
|
3 Apr Whaupaunaucau SF
5 Jun Whaupaunaucau SF
|
3.5
4.9
|
4
3
|
|
Norwich
|
1 Jan Greenway
|
3.0
|
9
|
|
Oxford
|
24 Apr Buckley Hollow, logging FLT
|
7.1
|
8
|
|
Pharsalia
|
1 May Pharsalia Woods SF, Coy St
29 May Huggaboom Road, Pharsalia SF
19 Jun Grouse Gorge, Pharsalia WMA
|
5.0
6.1
3.1
|
4
8
10
|
|
Pitcher
|
6 Mar Pitcher Springs SF
12 Jun Pitcher Springs loop
|
6.0
4.7
|
10
8
|
|
Plymouth
|
8 May Frenchmans Road
29 May Huggaboom Road, Pharsalia SF
|
5.7
6.1
|
6
8
|
|
Smithville
|
31 Jan Ludlow Creek SF
20 Mar Stone piles, Ludlow Creek SF
10 Apr Snowmobile trail + DEC blazes
24 Apr Buckley Hollow, FLT
22 May Long Pond SF, Red Brook
|
4.1
5.9
5.1
7.1
5.6
|
11
14
15
8
12
|
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