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Easy
Trails |
| Trail |
Description |
Directions |
Distance (roundtrip) |
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Stone Valley Trail |
Stone Valley Trail
is a great trail if you are looking to see wildlife.
It is a pleasant hike passing the Raquette River. There are
beaver dams wildflowers, frogs,
hummingbirds, grouse, beavers, and deer
along the way. |
At the intersection of NY
56 and NY 68, go North On NY 56 for 3.6 miles and turn right
onto Browns Bridge Road. Go .5 mile and turn right to
find the trailhead parking lot. |
7.8 mi |
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Wellesley Island
State Park |
It is easy and offers great
views of Saint Lawrence River and several vistas.
There are also glacial potholes and colorful wildflowers.
We found it very nice to leave around 11 a.m. and bring
lunch to eat while looking out over the river. |
Take exit 51off
of Interstate 81. Turn right in .1 mil., again onto
Jefferson County 100, and again onto Cross Island Road.
Follow the signs to the nature center. |
4.4 mi. round trip |
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Chaumont Barrens
Preserve |
Fossils and coral decorate the
sides of the path. Juniper, shrub and wildflowers dot
the mostly clear grassland that the trail
Look out for fox, deer, snakes, hawk, warbler, and toad.
It makes for a pleasant family hike. |
Take exit 47 off of I 81 at Watertown. Follow NY 12 F
West for mi. and make a right onto NY12E until Chaumont.
Take a right onto Jefferson County 125 and turn left onto
Van Alstyne Rd. just past the cemetery on the right. |
2 mi. Loop |
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Inman Gulf Hiking
and Nature Trails |
Inman Gulf Hiking
and Nature Trails is one hike from three different rim
trails lining up to make one scenic rim trail overlooking Inman
Gulf. Beginning the trail, you pass several still black pools and an
impressive 250 ft. deep chasm and Cascade Falls pouring into the
Gulf. An open shale cliff up ahead lends great views of the
twisting Gulf. You can take the Joe's Ridge side trail to the
left to a mineral pool where deer are commonly found and a close up
view of the Gulf, or continue on the main path over more overlooking
ridges. Eventually you pass Rainbow Falls. then you can
continue to a different parking lot than the one you started from or
turn around back to where you came from. |
From the
intersection of NY 177and US Highway 11, go East on NY 177
for about six miles and turn onto Lowe Road. After
about 1 miles, bear left and turn right onto Williams Road.
Several parking lots are up ahead. |
11 mi. |
