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
|
|
|
|
|
|
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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
|
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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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