I began this hike on Ridgeway Road, at the same trailhead I used this spring when I finished the last Shindagin Hollow State Forest section of the Finger Lakes Trail (FLT). This time I hiked west, up and over Eastman Hill and into Danby State Forest, before dropping down Heisy Road into the next valley. I completed the short roadwalk along NY Route 96B, then took the short section that bumps back into a pipeline right-of-way. When the trail again comes back out to 96B, I turned back and retraced my steps, as the trail crosses the road here and climbs over the next ridge. That will be my next exploration down this way.
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| the old Eastman Hill Road (on private land) |
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| flat-branched clubmoss (Dendrolycopodium obscurum) |
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| FLT → |
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| Route 96B westbound (northbound?) |
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| FLT leaves Durfee Hill Road and follows gas pipeline ROW |
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| turnaround point on NY Route 96B |
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| Heisey Road (lower part) |
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| Heisey Road (upper part) |
MapMyRide tracked this out-and-back hike at 6.6 miles round trip with over 1,200 feet elevation gain. I was super thrilled to be out for a solo hike. I don't tend to get very many of these over the summer, but now that school is back in session, the woods are periodically all mine once again. Hurray!
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