This Sunday’s hike at High Tor Wildlife Management Area in Naples will take us back to many of our previous hikes including:

• a hike by Springwater Parks and Trails at least one and a half decades ago
• a winter hike just before Covid hit
• and a follow-up to our maintenance hike on the Blue trail three weeks ago.

We will all meet at the DEC parking area on Basset Rd near the west end of the road (See the map to the right).  Please arrive in time to start the hike at 2:00 PM. We will have two hikes based on distance.  Hike leaders may adjust the hikes to accommodate our hikers and the weather. Please note: in the following hike descriptions, the term road refers to the maintenance road, which  is more accurately called a wide trail.

All hikers will start on the same trail out of the parking area. The Naturalists will take the left route and follow the maintenance road up to the BHB orange trail. Turning left onto the BHB (orange blazes) they will quickly come to the pond and will explore the shore of that. Returning on the BHB to the maintenance road, the Naturalists will follow their own footsteps back to the cars.

The Finger Lakes Trail from Naples to Parrish Gully. The Howard Beye memorial bench.

The Tourists will join the Naturalists up to the BHB orange intersection. The Tourists will continue straight on the maintenance road to the lean-to and overlook of Canandaigua Lake. Returning on the road, they will retrace their steps to the point where the BHB turns right. The tourists will continue straight (not on the BHB) south to the cars. They will likely meet up with the Naturalist on the final leg and will then return together to the cars.

The Climbers will also take the same route as the Naturalists. When they reach the BHB orange trail, the will turn left and continue around the pond. The Blue trail will break off to the right and the Climbers will follow that down to the Finger Lakes Community College property on East Hill Rd. Climbers are welcome to bring small clippers to do minor maintenance on the trail as we go.  We will station a couple of cars at the final parking lot to ride back to the start point.

Following the hike, please join us for a social at Kelley’s home in Atlanta (NY).  See directions below.

Directions:

From Naples: Take NY 53 south from Naples for 1.1 miles. Turn left onto Italy Valley Rd (CR 21) for 2.1 miles. Turn left onto Basset Rd, when the main road takes a sharp right turn. Parking is on the left in 0.2 miles.

Additional directions are available here.

Directions To Kelly’s in Atlanta: Return to Naples by going right out of the parking area, then right onto Italy Valley Rd, then right onto NY-53 N. In 1.3 miles, turn left onto NY-21 S. In 4.5 miles, in N. Cohocton, turn right to stay on NY – 21. Take the next left onto University Ave. In 0.4 miles, Kelly’s home is the second house after the farmer’s field on the right.