Genesee Valley Greenway State Park Passport Series – 2017 – hike #7 on 2nd Saturday of October
Historic Interpretive Hike Series (Wegmans Hike #7):
– – – Please check the online sources below for particulars of this hike. – – –
The guide will provide history of the Town of York and also point out historic canal and railroad features, and also note interesting natural features along the way. This hike is one of 14 hikes in the Wegmans Passport to Wellness Program. Completion of hikes in this series makes the trail user eligible for Wegmans grocery coupons or a NYS Parks Empire Passport. Passports will be available at the time of the hike and there will be an opportunity to complete the rubbing for this hike. Questions: [email protected] or (585) 493-3600
The Genesee Valley Greenway State Park is hosting this hike. There is no charge to attend this hike. Therefore, please consider joining us.
For more information, check the Friends of the Genesee Valley Greenway (FOGVG) website, their Passport page, and the complete 2017 GVG Passport Series.
– – – Additionally, the Genesee Valley Greenway State Park (GVGSP) Facebook page usually lists the upcoming GVGSP events, and the FOGVG Facebook page also lists numerous GVG events in our area albeit a greater proportion of events listed on this page may at times be in the “Southern Tier” portion of the GVG as planned by a group of hikers known as the Southern Tier Greenway Hiking Group (STGH or STGHG) who welcomes all to hike with them.
For hikers who may wish to do a group hike on a weekday, and that is within a reasonable driving distance from the Springwater & surrounds area, some hikes led by Southern Tier Greenway Hiking group (STGH) are posted on the ST website as hike opportunities. Such is the case with this Bully Hill SF hike. This particular hike is in the general area that ST has hiked in the past and has considered for future additional hikes. – – – Here is an opportunity to take up on a hike in Bully Hill SF, for your pleasure, and perhaps to consider as a possible future hike plan for ST.
STGH is made up of hikers who hike the southern section of the Genesee Valley Greenway State Park (GVGSP aka GVG) and many more locations. ST has hiked with some of these hikers during the Friends of Genesee Valley Greenway (FOGVG) annual event held in early November in a past year. Some STGH hikers have joined-in on some ST hikes, and vice-versa.
Hike led by Southern Tier Greenway Hiking group … description as follows:
Monday, August 21st, 2017 at 5:00 PM
This hike will be led by Jim Pomeroy on August 21st at 5:00 PM at Bully Hill State Forest near Almond, NY: loop hike on a segment of the Finger Lakes Trail and return to car via a State Forest Road—you can get a head of stream going down the State Forest Road.
Jim suggests that the simplest way to meet would be to have people take I-86 east, get off at the Almond/Alfred exit #33 (NOT the West Almond exit), turn left and onto Karr Valley Road at the end of the exit ramp, proceed uphill on Karr Valley Road past the overhead viaducts of I-86 and also past the Bishopville Road and then pull off on the right side of Karr Valley Road and wait. Jim will lead a caravan from there to where we will park and start the hike.
Hopefully, there will be water in the creek this year as we walk along the Finger Lakes Trail. Last year, there was no water as it was so dry and the hike was not the same. We will stop at the neatly built stone wall that intersects the Finger Lakes Trail and explore the building foundations that are the remains of the S. Karr farm. He owned the farm in 1869. Last year, we wondered if children played in the yard and what life was like years ago–probably very hard. We also marveled at all the rocks that had to be picked up to farm the land and how nicely S. Karr fence was made as compared to another farmer who just threw all the rocks in a pile.
**** FOR ANY POSSIBLE UPDATES, POSTPONEMENTS/CANCELLATIONS, ETC – PLEASE CHECK THE FOGVG FACEBOOK PAGE.
** It should also be noted, subsequent to the hike, usually within a few days, often photos of the hike are posted on the FOGVG Facebook page.
**Directions delineation: Drivers & navigators should take note for clarity – in this state forest area there are two similarly named roads that should not be confused. Karr Valley Road , and Karr Road, are different roads but they are near one another.
For hikers coming from the Springwater and surrounds area, use these directions with Dansville as point of reference: (Please note these directions are different than those above that STGH hikers will be using, due to the manner in which exit ramps differentially access Karr Valley Rd. Most STGH hikers will travel to the hike from sw of Bully Hill SF, and for most ST hikers travel trajectory is from ne of Bully Hill SF.)
From Dansville, NY: head south on NY Rt 36; to I-86 westbound; to Alfred/Almond exit #33; turn right off the exit ramp onto Karr Valley Rd and proceed eastbound to Bishopville Rd (on the left). On Karr Valley Rd at Bishopville Rd, reverse you direction of travel (turn around 180 degrees) so you are now headed westbound, and then pull off on the right side (north shoulder) of Karr Valley Road and wait. STGH hiker’s cars will be positioned here and waiting, and Jim will lead a caravan from there to where hikers will park and start the hike.
Many of these hyperlinks (links) below have photos, maps, trail routing, etc. All are provided for hiker edification regarding Bully Hill SF.
Two hyperlinks are provided about hikes in Bully Hill State Forest, courtesy of the website ww.cnyhiking.com
A youtube video of a hike in Bully Hill SF – video by Ed of www.cnyhiking.org website. Depicted in the video is some of the natural beauty held on a hike in Bully Hill SF, and … this video is set to music.
Genesee Valley Greenway (GVG) hike on Saturday, 9/9/2017. Series Hike #6 (modified)—Fowlerville Road going south.
Historic Interpretive Hike Series (Wegmans Hike #6, please note this hike is modified): Fowlerville Rd going south Saturday, September 9th, 2017 10:00 AM GVG Parking Area Fowlerville Road, Town of York, NY. Meet at the parking area on the south side of Fowlerville Road (GPS: N42 53.505 W77 49.419)
Starting at GVG mile 21, hike southbound to the major trail washout and turnaround and hike back to the parking area. **Special note on modification – This hike usually starts at York Landing and travels north but, due to a serious trail wash out just north of York Landing in June, we will be starting at Fowlerville Road (~GVG mile 21) and hiking south to the wash out, about 1.8 miles. This hike is on easy, flat trail with a mixed surface. (3.6 miles total)
The guide will provide history of the Town of York and also point out historic canal and railroad features, and also note interesting natural features along the way. This hike is one of 14 hikes in the Wegmans Passport to Wellness Program. Completion of hikes in this series makes the trail user eligible for Wegmans grocery coupons or a NYS Parks Empire Passport. Passports will be available at the time of the hike and there will be an opportunity to complete the rubbing for this hike. Questions: [email protected] or (585) 493-3600
The Genesee Valley Greenway State Park is hosting this hike. There is no charge to attend this hike. Therefore, please consider joining us.
For more information, check the Friends of the Genesee Valley Greenway (FOGVG) website, their Passport page, and the complete 2017 GVG Passport Series.
– – – Additionally, the Genesee Valley Greenway State Park (GVGSP) Facebook page usually lists the upcoming GVGSP events, and the FOGVG Facebook page also lists numerous GVG events in our area albeit a greater proportion of events listed on this page may at times be in the “Southern Tier” portion of the GVG as planned by a group of hikers known as the Southern Tier Greenway Hiking Group (STGH or STGHG) who welcomes all to hike with them.
**Please note, this hike is the last of three hikes that have been scheduled in weekly succession at Letchworth State Park by the Southern Tier Greenway Hiking (STGH) group with an interpreter provided. Subsequent weekly hikes that STGH has planned will be held on trails that are further south and west of Letchworth S.P. (At full disclosure, posting to the ST website for the previous two hikes was with only one day or so notice prior to each of those two hikes, so somewhat unfortunate in notice given for any interested hikers. However for this hike it has been posted 4+ days in advance.)
An opportunity for a 7/31/2017 Monday hike, at Letchworth State Park, exists for ST hikers to join the members of Southern Tier Greenway Hiking group (STGH). STGH is made up of hikers who hike the southern section of the Genesee Valley Greenway State Park (GVGSP aka GVG) and many more locations. ST has hiked with some of these hikers during the Friends of Genesee Valley Greenway (FOGVG) annual event held in early November. And some STGH hikers have joined-in on some ST hikes. The information about this Letchworth hike is as follows.
“Southern Tier Greenway Hiking – Letchworth Hike, Monday July 31st at 5:15 PM.
>> Participants will meet at 5:15 PM at the Castile gate or entrance of Letchworth State Park. Participants should not go through the Castile gate before 5:00 PM unless the driver of the vehicle is a senior citizen. Otherwise, they will have to pay an entrance fee of $10.00 per car. People should remember that the Portageville entrance to the park is closed because a new railroad bridge is under construction. The participants will have to proceed north another mile or so past the Portageville entrance and turn right off of Route 19A onto Denton Corners Road that takes them to the Castile entrance gate of Letchworth State Park.
>> Jim Pomeroy, a retired DEC fish and wildlife biologist, will meet everyone at the gate and then lead them in a caravan to Trailside Lodge at Letchworth State Park. After parking their cars, he will lead us on a hike that starts at Trailside Lodge and we will primarily be on woods roads that do not have a great change in elevation. Jim, being the great leader and teacher that he is, will talk about and point out things here and there. This is a great hiking opportunity—don’t miss out!!
**** FOR ANY POSSIBLE UPDATES, POSTPONEMENTS/CANCELLATIONS, ETC – PLEASE CHECK THE FOGVG FACEBOOK PAGE.
** It should also be noted, subsequent to the hike, usually within a few days, often photos of the hike are posted on the FOGVG Facebook page.
