New York Thousand Island Hiking Trails

This site is designed to provide you a concise organized description of some of best hiking trails in New York State's Thousand Island region. Also included are links to other sites offering quality information on New York hiking trails.

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Thousand Island Hiking Trails

Easy Trails
Trail	Description	Directions	Distance (roundtrip)
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
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
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
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.