This Sunday people will have the choice of biking the Keuka Lake Outlet Trail or hiking a section of it. The trail follows Keuka Lake’s outlet to Seneca Lake, starts in Penn Yan and goes 7.5 miles to Dresden dropping 275′ along the way.   Everyone should plan to meet at the Cherry Street Access in Penn Yan.

This trail is in a pretty wooded ravine, it was “formerly a canal towpath and later a rail road bed, it crosses the original Pre-Emption Line and passes near the area of the first permanent white settlement of ‘The Universal Friend Jemima Wilkinson’, along waterfalls and ruins of mills, factories and canal locks”.  http://keukaoutlettrail.org/index.

Bikers will go out and back approximately 14 miles.  Because the trail is a combination of dirt, gravel and asphalt and somewhat uneven, hybrid bikes or bikes with fatter tires are best suited for this trail. Please let the Hike Coordinator know ahead of time if you plan to bike.

After meeting at the Cherry Street Access, hikers will spot a few cars at the Visitor Center Access on Outlet Road, return to the Cherry Street Access and hike to the cars – (approximately 3.7 miles – mostly downhill).

For those who would like to get something to eat and drink before heading home, we will choose a local restaurant to stop at.

A car pool will leave from the Springwater Town Hall at 1:00PM.

Directions: 

Directions to the Town Hall for car pooling are available here. Be sure to bring directions to the Access Point in case you need to drive.

Directions to Cherry Street Access:

From Springwater, Wayland and Naples: Head south from Springwater on NY-15S to Wayland, then turn left on NY-21. Follow NY-21 for 12.7 miles through N Cohocton and Naples. Turn right on NY 245N across from Bob & Ruth’s. Follow NY-245 for 8.9 miles to Middlesex and take a slight right turn onto NY 364E. In Penn Yan, turn right onto Liberty St for 0.7mi, then left on Elm St for 0.5 mi. Take a sharp right turn onto Seneca St (Seneca becomes Walnut St to the left of Elm St). Take the first left onto Cherry St. The parking area is on the right at the first Cherry St curve.

From Honeoye: Take W Lake Rd (CR 36) south to Main St in Naples. Turn left on NY 21 (Main St) for 1.2 miles. Turn right on NY 245N across from Bob & Ruth’s. Follow NY-245 for 8.9 miles to Middlesex and take a slight right turn onto NY 364E. In Penn Yan, turn right onto Liberty St for 0.7mi, then left on Elm St for 0.5 mi. Take a sharp right turn onto Seneca St (Seneca becomes Walnut St to the left of Elm St). Take the first left onto Cherry St. The parking area is on the right at the first Cherry St curve. (Note: your GPS may take you through Canandaigua or South Bristol.  Both routes are fine.)