Seeing and Doing: Outdoors

Hiking Trails

CLC brochure cover

Beebe Hill State Forest
County Route 5, Austerlitz
(State Forest Ranger C. Dicintio 518-828-0236)

Borden’s Pond Conservation Area
off Route 203, outside Chatham Village
Columbia Land Conservancy
518-392-5252
http://www.clctrust.org

Clermont State Historic Site
Cty Rt 6 (Off Rt 9G), Clermont
518-537-4240
http://www.nysparks.com/sites

Crellin Community Park
Route 66, outside Village of Chatham

Drowned Land Swamp Conservation Area
County Route 3 (off Route 22), Ancram
Columbia Land Conservancy
518-392-5252
http://www.clctrust.org

Greenport Conservation Area
Daisy Hill Road, off Joslen Blvd, Greenport
Columbia Land Conservancy
518-392-5252
http://www.clctrust.org

Harrier Hill Park
Rod and Gun Road, Stockport
http://www.scenichudson.org/whatyoucando/visitourparks/harrierhillpark

Hand Hollow Conservation Area
County Route 9, New Lebanon
Columbia Land Conservancy
518-392-5252
http://www.clctrust.org

Harlem Valley Rail Trail
Access - Undermountain Rd, off Rt 22, Ancram
- Valley View Rd, Copake
- Taconic State Park Entrance (near Depot Deli), Copake Falls
HVRT Assoc., 789-9591
http://www.hvrt.org
A paved bicycle/pedestrian path built on the old railroad bed that
connected New York City, the Harlem Valley, and Chatham, NY.

Harvey Mountain State Forest
Access: East Hill Road (off Route 22, near the I-90 B-3 Exit), Austerlitz
(State Forest Ranger C. Dicintio 518-828-0236)

High Falls Conservation Area
Roxbury Road (off Route 217), Philmont
Columbia Land Conservancy
518-392-5252
http://www.clctrust.org

Lake Taghkanic State Park
Off Taconic State Parkway or 1528 Route 82, Taghkanic
518-851-3631
http://www.nysparks.com/parks

Livingston State Forest
White Birch Hill and Oak Hill Rd, Livingston
(State Forest Ranger C. Dicintio 518-828-0236)

Martin Van Buren Park
Route 9H (across from Martin Van Buren NHS), Kinderhook
518-758-9689

Mud Creek Environmental Learning Center
1024 Rt 66, Ghent
518-828-4386 x 3

New Forge State Forest
New Forge Road #2, off Route 82, Taghkanic
(State Forest Ranger C. Dicintio 518-828-0236)

Olana State Historic Site
5720 Rt 9G, Greenport;
518-828-0135
http://www.nysparks.com/sites

Ooms Conservations Area at Sutherland Pond
Hartigan Rd, Chatham
Columbia Land Conservancy
518-392-5252
http://www.clctrust.org

Pachaquack Preserve
Elm Street (off Route 203), Valatie Village

River Street Park
River Street (off Route 9) Valatie Village

Roeliff Jansen Park
9140 Route 22, Hillsdale
http://www.roejanpark.org

Round Ball Mountain Conservation Area
Carson Road, Off Rt 22, Ancram
Columbia Land Conservancy
518-392-5252
http://www.clctrust.org

Schor Conservation Area
Cemetery Rd, (off Cty Rt 24), Canaan
Columbia Land Conservancy
518-392-5252
http://www.clctrust.org

Siegel-Kline Kill 
County Rt 21, Ghent
Columbia Land Conservancy
518-392-5252
http://www.clctrust.org 

Taconic State Park
Route 344 off Route 22, Copake Falls
518-329-3993
http://www.nysparks.com/parks

Wilson M. Powell Wildlife Sanctuary
Hunt Club Road, off County Route 13, Old Chatham
http://www.alandevoebirdclub.org