Please note the early start time for this hike – we’re starting at 1:00pm because there are 7 fallen trees to deal with.
We need as much help as we can get on this maintenance hike! In addition to the fallen trees we would like to re-route a short section of the trail, and also improve the blazes at several points. We need as much help as possible to share the burden of all the tree cutting and painting gear
The walk this Sunday will be a maintenance hike of our section of the Bristol Hills Branch of the Finger Lakes Trail in Naples. Springwater Trails has signed up with the FLT to maintain this part of the trail. This segment passes through the West Hill Preserve off Seman Rd and then across private land to Mt Pleasant Street in Naples. The Twisted Branch Trail Run comes over this section later in the year; a couple of hundred runners will be pounding the hill and we want to be sure the trail is safe and fun to run.
Mark and Linda pre-hiked it, and there is little to do before the sign-in box at the end of Nature Conservancy land. We will walk this stretch of the BHB and cut away any brush and weeds that have overgrown the path. The most useful tools for this are lopers and a small saw. Be sure to wear good work or gardening gloves. It’s a fairly long hike and steeply downhill at the Naples end of the walk.
We will meet at the entrance to the West Hill Preserve on Seman Road (42.66166, -77.396288). We will shuttle some cars down to the hike end in Naples (42.625950, -77.397304) before we start. The climbers will follow the trail down to the old Pioneer cemetery in Naples. Naturalists follow the trail to the sign in box and then return to the cars on Seman Road.
Please note: Dogs are not allowed to hike on the Nature Conservancy property.
The Social
With the prevalence of vaccination, we are re-starting our après-hike socials! The venue this Sunday will be at the Neapolitan Pizzeria.at 120 North Main Street in Naples. Please observe the usual COVID precautions – wear a mask whenever it make sense, wash or sanitize hands as often as you can, and maintain a sensible distance with other people – it has been working so let’s keep doing it!
Directions to the Hike Meeting Point:
From Springwater: Head south on NY 15 (for 5.2mi). At the light in Wayland turn left on NY 21N (for 6.7mi). In N Cohocton, turn left to stay on NY 21N (for 4.5mi). In Naples, turn left again to stay on NY 21N (for 1.8mi). On the north side of Naples, turn left on CR12 and head up the hill for 1.9 miles. Take the first left, Rhine St., to the 4 way intersection. Go left onto Seman Rd. Trailhead is about 1/2 mile, by a big sign on the left. Park along the road.
From Honeoye and Naples: Head south on CR 36 on the west side of Honeoye Lake (it’s 13.6 miles from NY 20A, and 1 mile from French Hill Road). Turn left onto Gulick Rd (for 2 mi), then right on Davis Rd (for 0.7mi). At the end of Davis, turn left on W Hollow Rd (CR 33) for 0.5mi, then right on Seman Rd. The Trailhead is about 1 mile, by a big sign on the right. Park along the road.