Trail Closures
Trail Name | Closure Information |
General | Spring turkey hunting season (May 1 – 31), Shooting hours are from 1/2-hour before sunrise to noon Early Antlerless (Sept 10 -18), limited WMUs in northern WNY and Finger Lakes. Fall hunting season (Oct 1 – Jan 1) Affects State Forests, State Parks, MUAs, & WMAs. |
W8 Devil’s Hole & Whirlpool State Parks | The trail between Devil’s Hole SP and Whirlpool SP is closed about 0.5 miles from the Devil’s Hole stairs. Hikers can complete this trail by starting at Whirlpool SP (https://goo.gl/maps/vmoZTXqzmPKsuz6e7). I, personally, would wait until the trail is clear. The full hike is worth it! |
Challenge Packet Version History
Current version: 1.2
Version History
1.2 – Updated location of landmark for W5 Chautauqua Gorge
1.1 – Updated map and description for E11 Letchworth FLT adding clarity to mileage and starting point.
Clean-up & Trail Maintenance Events
Date | Time | Location/Event | Organization | Link |
5/10 | 10a-2p | Darien Lakes SP | WNYMBA | https://fb.me/e/13PJPA3eT |
5/13 | 1p-3p | Family Native Shrub Planting | Buffalo Audubon | Registration form |
5/21 | 9:30a-2p | Sprague Brook Park | WNYMBA | https://fb.me/e/3D1Xw3fy0 |
6/10 | 9:30a-12p | Como Lake Park | WNY PRISM | https://form.jotform.com/wnyprism8/volunteer |
6/24 | 9a-11:30a | Letchworth Stewardship Day | WNY PRISM | https://form.jotform.com/wnyprism8/volunteer |
8/19 | 9:30a-12p | West Seneca Soccer Complex | WNY PRISM | https://form.jotform.com/wnyprism8/volunteer |
9/9 | 9:30a-12p | Mill Road Park | WNY PRISM | https://form.jotform.com/wnyprism8/volunteer |
Partner Events
Date | Time | Location/Event | Organization | Link |
Buffalo Audubon Public Events | Buffalo Audubon | https://www.buffaloaudubon.org/for-the-public.html | ||
BN Waterkeeper Public Event | Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper | https://bnwaterkeeper.org/events/list/ | ||
Earth Spirit Public Events | Earth Spirit | https://earthspiritedu.org/events-2/ | ||
Reinstein Woods Public Events | Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | https://reinsteinwoods.org/events/ | ||
Tifft Nature Preserve Public Events | Tifft Nature Preserve | https://www.tifft.org/events/ | ||
WNY Land Conservancy Public Events | WNYLC | https://www.wnylc.org/events | ||
6/3 | 10a-12p | Walk & Talk: Pfeiffer Nature Center’s Eshelman Property (minutes from Lillibridge property) | WNY PRISM | Registration form |
6/5 | 9a-11a | Invasive Plant Species ID & iMapInvasives Training | WNY PRISM | Registration form |
7/26 | 6p-7:30p | Walk & Talk: Genesee Co. Park & Forest | WNY PRISM | Registration form |
Summer Challenge Reports
Date of Hike | Trail Hiked | How would you rate this hike? | Tell us about your hike! |
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06/08/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 4 | Beautiful hike through a wooded forest into a meadow of wildflowers. Great place for families and dogs |
06/08/2023 | W16 Zoar Valley (Holcomb Pond) | 5 | |
06/08/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 5 | Only found a few pieces of trash alone the Gorge trail, but that’s a great thing! |
06/08/2023 | W5 Chautauqua Gorge State Forest | 5 | |
06/08/2023 | W7 College Lodge Forest | 5 | |
06/08/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | Makes you proud to live in the state of New York. So much good information about the state. |
06/08/2023 | W3 Buckhorn Island State Park | 4 | |
06/08/2023 | W3 Buckhorn Island State Park | 4 | Lots of pretty wild flowers and birds! Easy hike! Water clear and beautiful. Smoke was moderate. |
06/06/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 5 | Very easy. The trails are well marked |
06/08/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 5 | |
06/08/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 4 | On the hunt for a woodpecker while hiking in the Tillman Road Wildlife Management Area gave us purpose on the trail. As we rounded corners and climbed the ramps to the viewing areas we tried to be vigilant and spot our quarry. As we made our way through the woods we could hear the knocking but couldn’t spot one. By the time we made our way back to the parking lot disappointment gave us no solace and we went home defeated. We will be back and catch a glimpse next time. |
06/08/2023 | E3 Beaver Meadow Nature Center | 5 | Beautiful day to be out in the woods. Everything was dry, well maintained and well marked. Did not see any other people out there today. Exceptionally quiet and peaceful. |
06/08/2023 | W7 College Lodge Forest | 4 | |
06/08/2023 | E3 Beaver Meadow Nature Center | 5 | |
06/09/2023 | E3 Beaver Meadow Nature Center | 5 | |
06/08/2023 | E3 Beaver Meadow Nature Center | 5 | Beautiful trail - forest was perfect, no mud or bugs, really wonderful! |
05/18/2023 | W9 Eighteen Mile Creek County Park | 4 | |
06/08/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 4 | |
06/08/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 5 | Nice mid-day hike. Waterfalls all dried up. Better paved route. Last year was all overgrown and muddy. No mud today.. all smiles here. |
06/08/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 5 | Always a nice relaxing evening walk. All dry trails. Waterfall dried up. |
06/08/2023 | W6 Chestnut Ridge Park | 5 | |
06/08/2023 | W6 Chestnut Ridge Park | 5 | |
06/08/2023 | W2 Boutwell Hill State Forest | 5 | It was a little tricky and more road walking than we expected but the ponds were beautiful! |
06/08/2023 | W6 Chestnut Ridge Park | 5 | |
06/08/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | Nice relaxing little walk. Smells like flowers around every corner |
06/03/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 5 | Trails in great shape. Always fun. We saw an Osprey land in the nest |
06/03/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 5 | Trails in great shape. Always fun. We saw an Osprey land in the nest |
06/08/2023 | E3 Beaver Meadow Nature Center | 5 | Love walking here and birding here. Trails are well maintained and dry. |
06/08/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 5 | The trail was dry. We had no issue with air quality hiking in the morning. Clippers to trim away some of the branches hanging over narrow parts of the trail would have been helpful. Trail was clean except for the parking lot on Tillman Road. |
06/09/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 5 | Trail was in great shape - lots of roots |
06/04/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 4 | |
06/07/2023 | W5 Chautauqua Gorge State Forest | 4 | Very up and down. Loved it. Great training for the Mammoth March. |
06/07/2023 | E8 Golden Hill State Park | 4 | Beautiful day….no smoke up north! Clear blue sky. |
05/31/2023 | W16 Zoar Valley (Holcomb Pond) | 5 | Love this hike!! |
06/07/2023 | E14 Rock City and McCarty Hill State Forests | 4 | First hike of the challenge! Beautiful hike - only comment is the trails can be marked a little better. Billy Goat Trail was fun. |
06/07/2023 | U6 French Toast | 5 | It's a feel good trail. Great trail Maintace , the guys had just finished a section that would have been impossible to go over / under or around , aleast four trees were down together, Awesome forest emersion |
06/03/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 5 | |
06/05/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | W11 John B. Austin Nature Trail | 5 | perfect as always |
06/06/2023 | E6 Erie County Bureau of Forestry | 5 | Glad to explore a new trail. |
06/07/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 5 | Really enjoyed this one. Little confusing with the disc golf in the beginning. |
06/07/2023 | E10 Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge | 4 | Enjoyed |
06/07/2023 | U6 French Toast | 5 | Great hike but view diminished by haze from Canada fires today |
06/07/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 4 | The smoke cleared a bit, the trail was dry - great late afternoon hike! |
06/07/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 5 | Trails were in great shape since we haven’t had much rain. Such a pleasant hike for late afternoon. |
06/07/2023 | E13 Pfeiffer Nature Center (Lillibridge) | 4 | |
06/07/2023 | W8 Devil's Hole and Whirlpool State Parks | 5 | Good work out, but worth the stairs |
06/07/2023 | U2 Breakfast for Dinner | 5 | Smokey day from wildfires but worth it. Had some sort of problem with Avenza maps but if you add the two tracks together it fits. |
06/07/2023 | E10 Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge | 4 | |
06/07/2023 | E10 Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge | 4 | Beautiful walk but lots of mosquitoes! |
06/07/2023 | E13 Pfeiffer Nature Center (Lillibridge) | 4 | |
05/27/2023 | E14 Rock City and McCarty Hill State Forests | 5 | So beautiful, my favorite spot. |
06/07/2023 | E7 Genesee County Park and Forest | 5 | Always one of my favorite places! |
05/28/2023 | E8 Golden Hill State Park | 5 | I really enjoyed the woods portion of this trail. |
05/29/2023 | W4 Carlton Hill Multiple Use Area | 4 | Really hilly but not a bad trail |
06/07/2023 | W3 Buckhorn Island State Park | 4 | Very nice! Saw lots of different birds |
06/07/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 5 | |
06/07/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 5 | |
06/06/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 5 | |
06/07/2023 | W9 Eighteen Mile Creek County Park | 5 | No waterfall and very low creek! |
06/07/2023 | E2 Allen Lake State Forest | 5 | Hidden Falls. FANTASTIC. This is what a hike should be. Single width trail, varied terrain, wonderful trees, hiking ridges, along valley stream beds, briers, etc. I was not expecting anything this wonderful. Other than the streams being dry, which appears to be the problem throughout western New York, the hike was great. Getting down to the gorge was a problem. I went upstream and got to the top of the falls, but there is little water going over them. ENJOY |
06/07/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 4 | The trail was not muddy at all today. Most of the trail was freshly mowed. It was a little bit buggy, but I think the Canadian fire smoke helped calm them a bit. I did not see another person on the trail today. |
06/07/2023 | E7 Genesee County Park and Forest | 5 | We enjoyed this beautiful forest and hike. I would say it is a moderate hike, not an easy one. |
06/07/2023 | W9 Eighteen Mile Creek County Park | 5 | Tranquil & beautiful |
06/07/2023 | W7 College Lodge Forest | 2 | |
05/31/2023 | W3 Buckhorn Island State Park | 5 | This is always a pleasure! The trail was very dry. |
06/06/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 5 | Hazy due to the wildfires. Took a picture at the marker, but no water there. |
05/28/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 5 | |
05/28/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 5 | Cleaned up trash at Reinstein Woods |
05/28/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | |
05/20/2023 | S2 Introduce someone new to hiking | 5 | Introduced my friend Brian to the WNY Hiking Challenge with a rainy hike at Allegany! |
06/06/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 5 | Trail was very dry and peaceful. |
06/06/2023 | E10 Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge | 5 | Barred Owl said hi! |
06/06/2023 | E10 Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge | 5 | |
06/06/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 5 | Lots of critters and no bugs tonight! |
06/04/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 4 | |
06/05/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 5 | Trail was fairly dry, but still definitely at least a moderate hike. |
06/06/2023 | E8 Golden Hill State Park | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | W8 Devil's Hole and Whirlpool State Parks | 5 | This hike is so very beautiful. The stairs are certainly a challenge! |
05/21/2023 | E8 Golden Hill State Park | 5 | Lovely day for a hike. Enjoyed the hike with my son! |
05/20/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 5 | Always a good hike. Rainy but still fun! |
06/06/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 4 | 🥾🥾🥾🥾 |
06/06/2023 | W11 John B. Austin Nature Trail | 3 | 🥾🥾🥾 |
06/06/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 5 | Great hike! We saw so many animals! |
06/05/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 5 | Another one of my favorites! |
06/04/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E3 Beaver Meadow Nature Center | 5 | The paths around the visitor center were packed with wildlife, including a racoon who watched us pass from a tree, while the paths away from the visitor center were very interesting for the experienced hiker. Looking forward to returning here throughout the seasons. |
06/06/2023 | W3 Buckhorn Island State Park | 4 | Easy, flat hike. It was quiet and not too buggy or hot. Not a very exciting hike, but it was nice to get out! |
06/04/2023 | E3 Beaver Meadow Nature Center | 4 | Beautiful hike with lots of wildlife sightings. |
06/06/2023 | W5 Chautauqua Gorge State Forest | 5 | This hike was beautiful! I loved the lush forest, colorful flowers and interesting animals, like the hummingbird. I highly recommend this hike to anyone look to go someplace new. |
06/06/2023 | E7 Genesee County Park and Forest | 5 | |
06/06/2023 | W4 Carlton Hill Multiple Use Area | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 5 | A great East nature walk! |
06/06/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 5 | Franklin Gulf is one of my favorites. Today, we had the whole peaceful trail to ourselves, just us and the birds. The trail had no mud and the streambeds were pretty dry due to the absence of rain lately. It was a relaxing walk today. |
06/06/2023 | E3 Beaver Meadow Nature Center | 5 | Great hike!• |
06/06/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 5 | |
06/05/2023 | E2 Allen Lake State Forest | 4 | |
06/06/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 4 | Most of the trash was in the parking lot but we found a bit on the trails too! |
06/06/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 5 | Trails were dry, skies were milky from smoke but we had a great hike! |
06/04/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 4 | |
06/05/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 5 | We always enjoy this hike. |
06/06/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 5 | A beautiful day and a lovely hike in the woods. The bridge is really cool and the old stone home is interesting. It was a bit buggy. The elevation is minimal and the guide ropes are helpful. A good hike during dry weather. |
06/06/2023 | W7 College Lodge Forest | 5 | |
05/30/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 4 | |
06/06/2023 | W6 Chestnut Ridge Park | 4 | Great hike! Unfortunately there has been no rain so that was a bummer. Beautiful cool day! |
05/17/2023 | S7 Participate in a partner event | 5 | Knox Farm Audubon cocktail party and fund raiser. |
06/06/2023 | E4 Boyce Hill State Forest | 5 | This is a great hike. It takes stamina, but is well worth it. There is a true sense of actually being alone in the woods. The trails remain a bit rough, and I enjoy that. Plus, you can find every type of WNY tree imaginable. Parking is a problem and the town is getting to be a real stickler with on road parking. BEWARE THE SIGNAGE... A special thank you to the guy who left a western hat in the rafters. Thank you and a thank you to all those who left it behind. It was wonderful to enjoy wearing it for a while. |
06/06/2023 | E13 Pfeiffer Nature Center (Lillibridge) | 2 | A gentle walk in the woods. Very well kept up. NIce to see school kids enjoying it. I enjoyed the descriptions that are strategically placed. Wendy's meditation spot under an old tree is gone, but the stump remains. Good OLD growth forest and new second growth. |
06/04/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 5 | |
06/06/2023 | E3 Beaver Meadow Nature Center | 5 | Beautiful arboretum and a really nice combo of meadows and woods An “easy” trail that can be lengthened or shortened for different fitness levels |
06/05/2023 | E14 Rock City and McCarty Hill State Forests | 5 | I wasn't sure which was the landmark stilted tree. I picked one with a trail blaze on it. |
06/05/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 5 | We love this park and have returned many times since being introduced through the challenge. So much beauty. Extremely dry conditions |
06/06/2023 | W3 Buckhorn Island State Park | 3 | Not my favorite trail but saw some pretty cool things along the way. |
06/06/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 4 | We always like walking around the Farm. The waterfall wasn't much of a WATERfall but it was a really nice walk! |
06/06/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 5 | No mud and limited water due to recent dry conditions. Still lots of roots though. Beautiful trails and woods. Always fun at Franklin gulf. Hiked with niece Kara Kryszczuk. 😀 |
06/06/2023 | S5 Take a Leave No Trace class | 5 | Reinforced good behavior |
06/06/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 3 | Tifft is nice, but a bit noisy from highway traffic. |
06/06/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 3 | Always a nice hike, though not exactly peaceful. Lots of wildlife, lots of cottonwoods, lots of school groups, lots of traffic noise. |
06/06/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 4 | |
06/06/2023 | W6 Chestnut Ridge Park | 5 | Beautiful trail. Awesome conditions. |
06/06/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 4 | |
06/06/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | Beautiful hike today! No mud, no bugs, and water lilies are blooming! |
06/06/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | Dry trails, no bugs! |
06/05/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 3 | |
06/06/2023 | E8 Golden Hill State Park | 4 | |
06/06/2023 | W13 Letchworth State Park (Trail 18) | 5 | So peaceful! Love Letchworth💕 |
06/05/2023 | E1 Allegany State Park (Blacksnake Mountain) | 5 | The drive there from Ellicottville is really pretty now with huge rhododendrons in blooms. |
06/05/2023 | E10 Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge | 4 | Nice easy shorter trail, lots of bugs as mentioned in the description |
06/04/2023 | E11 Letchworth FLT | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | W13 Letchworth State Park (Trail 18) | 4 | |
04/23/2023 | S6 Participate in a clean-up or trail maintenance event | 5 | We participated in an earth day cleanup of the trails around our house (Niagara river/ Erie canal in Tonawanda) |
06/05/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 5 | The Challenge introduced us to Franklin Gulf a few years ago, and it's been a favorite ever since. Headed there on a pleasant (if hazy) Monday, and hiked the suggested route counterclockwise. Red trail was dry as a bone in contrast to early spring, when it was pretty sloppy. The forest was alive with flycatchers (Least, Acadian and mayyybe an Olive-sided). We were also visited at the Confluence by a young, curious Eastern Towhee. Also a delight were Black-throated Green warblers and a very vocal Winter Wren. It was odd to see the extremely dry conditions, but that's how it's been in WNY the past month or more. We've seen the many cascades and beautiful flows here, and know they'll return. Great hike! |
06/06/2023 | E11 Letchworth FLT | 5 | Well marked trail. Breathtaking view of gorge! Will be back. |
06/06/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 4 | |
06/06/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 4 | Dry and Enjoyable! |
06/04/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 5 | |
06/05/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 5 | |
06/05/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 4 | Good trail with varied landscape. |
06/05/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 5 | Found this during my hike at Tift Nature Preserve |
06/05/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 5 | |
06/05/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | |
06/05/2023 | W9 Eighteen Mile Creek County Park | 5 | Very dry, hard packed trail. No water flowing over the falls. Still loved it. |
06/05/2023 | E2 Allen Lake State Forest | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | E1 Allegany State Park (Blacksnake Mountain) | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E1 Allegany State Park (Blacksnake Mountain) | 5 | |
06/02/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 5 | |
06/02/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 5 | |
06/05/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 5 | Love this trail. Very sad that the creek is so dry. Hoping for rain soon!! |
06/05/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | |
06/05/2023 | E7 Genesee County Park and Forest | 5 | Very nice areas to explore. |
06/05/2023 | W4 Carlton Hill Multiple Use Area | 5 | Great day to hike. |
05/07/2023 | E10 Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge | 5 | Although a short hike, there is so much wildlife to be observed. I saw so many birds, frogs, turtles. |
06/05/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 5 | |
06/05/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 5 | This was a beautiful hiking trail that I never knew existed! We joked it was uphill both ways. The trail was very well marked and we appreciated the Mossy Point This Way signs. |
06/04/2023 | W5 Chautauqua Gorge State Forest | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 5 | Beautiful evening hike. No water at the waterfall |
06/05/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 5 | Glad it’s been dry, the trails were in great shape. A great hike. |
06/04/2023 | W7 College Lodge Forest | 4 | |
06/05/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 5 | Nice and dry with many boardwalks |
06/05/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 4 | Was looking forward to some creek crossings but all crossings are dry. Photo spot has one direction dry, the other standing water where they meet. |
06/05/2023 | W5 Chautauqua Gorge State Forest | 4 | More Gorge less woods, but its a nice hike. |
06/05/2023 | W1 Audubon Community Nature Center | 5 | I could spend all day here. |
06/05/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 3 | This trail was not as picturesque and interesting as other trails. I hiked 4 miles. Easy to hike and very dry. |
06/05/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 5 | |
06/05/2023 | W11 John B. Austin Nature Trail | 4 | It was nice to get out into nature on an easy walk/hike. Great for beginners but be careful bc it gets a little confusing once you get in there - lots of different trail choices along the way. |
06/05/2023 | W8 Devil's Hole and Whirlpool State Parks | 4 | |
06/05/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 2 | Was an average hike through some woods and grasslands. Ended up hiking 4 miles. |
06/05/2023 | E7 Genesee County Park and Forest | 5 | |
06/05/2023 | W4 Carlton Hill Multiple Use Area | 5 | |
06/05/2023 | E6 Erie County Bureau of Forestry | 5 | |
06/05/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | Beautiful trail! The lily pond was magnificent! |
06/05/2023 | E6 Erie County Bureau of Forestry | 5 | Loved the section past Maple shed, new to me,overall trail was great |
06/05/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | Loved the trail and learning about NYS! |
06/03/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | First hike back with the challenge after a leg injury in January. Did it!! |
06/03/2023 | W5 Chautauqua Gorge State Forest | 5 | W5 **Chautauqua Gorge State Forest** trail may be a new-ish reroute to make this gorge rim walk easier. The new trail has switchbacks not in the original trail and I saw at least one “Trail Closed” sign on an overgrown trail section. The trail starts near the Mayville end of the Ralph C Sheldon Jr Trail Segment (Chautauqua Rails to Trails) and meanders to the gorge rim walk. Beyond the gorge overlook challenge landmark, you will be closer to the creek and recognize its geology similar to Chestnut Ridge and other WNY creeks. On the return trip, I surprised a raccoon under the wooden bridge. He scampered quickly into a hole under a nearby tree so I only saw his backside and distinctive tail. |
06/03/2023 | W7 College Lodge Forest | 5 | The W7 College Lodge Forest challenge hike is comprised of mostly the green and while trails. There's a little bit of red trail at the start and end. The green trail is relatively easy and mostly forest with some wetlands. The pond has a small blind close to the trail. If you take the challenge hike counter-clockwise, you will turn off the green onto the white trail at the northern end of the green loop. The white trail is easy to miss. The intersection sign is on one tree but you're going in the wrong direction to see it. The moderate difficulty designation of the challenge trail can probably be whole attributed to the white trail. |
06/05/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 5 | It's very dry right now! Becoming a new favorite of mine. |
06/05/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | E14 Rock City and McCarty Hill State Forests | 4 | The rock formations were amazing! |
06/04/2023 | E5 Deer Lick Conservation Area | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | W16 Zoar Valley (Holcomb Pond) | 4 | |
06/05/2023 | X1 Chimney Bluffs State Park | 5 | |
06/05/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 5 | |
06/05/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 5 | Great conditions, water flowing at the falls. A bit of mosquitoes too. |
06/05/2023 | E10 Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge | 2 | Gorgeous landscape but honestly so buggy we couldn’t enjoy it |
06/05/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 5 | Very woodsy and peaceful. |
06/03/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 5 | Gorgeous day lots of birds out! |
06/03/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 5 | Lovely day so many birds out! |
06/05/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 5 | Beautiful day, lots of butterflies and pollinators out today. |
06/02/2023 | E1 Allegany State Park (Blacksnake Mountain) | 5 | Allegany Nature Pilgrimage hike. Saw a Mourning Warbler for the first time! |
06/05/2023 | W8 Devil's Hole and Whirlpool State Parks | 5 | Lots of people hiking this trail this morning! Perfect cool temps and it was a great walk. I live 15 minutes away so I hike the gorge frequently throughout the year. |
06/05/2023 | W8 Devil's Hole and Whirlpool State Parks | 5 | Awesome gorge view! |
06/05/2023 | E10 Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge | 4 | |
04/22/2023 | S6 Participate in a clean-up or trail maintenance event | 3 | Tuscarora state park Earth day clean with rotary club |
05/30/2023 | S2 Introduce someone new to hiking | 3 | Reinstein woods , introduced five new people to hiking , part of collaboration for Black Girls hike Buffalo and Black birding week |
06/05/2023 | S3 Join our partner organizations | 4 | finger lakes trail membership |
06/05/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 2 | Super buggy and the trail was really narrow and grassy in parts. |
06/05/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 4 | |
06/05/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E8 Golden Hill State Park | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | E8 Golden Hill State Park | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | E8 Golden Hill State Park | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 5 | forgot to log trash pick at zoar valley. |
06/04/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 5 | |
05/06/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 3 | Picked up trash at Tift |
06/03/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 4 | This is a great park! |
06/04/2023 | E14 Rock City and McCarty Hill State Forests | 5 | Great day to hike and rumble around rocks. Perfect temperature with a little breeze to keep bugs away. |
06/03/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | W11 John B. Austin Nature Trail | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | W11 John B. Austin Nature Trail | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | W11 John B. Austin Nature Trail | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | U1 Banana Pancakes | 5 | This is one of my favorite ultra hikes. The 3 lean-tos helps to break the hike into sections, and the lean-tos themselves are well maintained. |
05/30/2023 | W6 Chestnut Ridge Park | 5 | This was the first time I hiked this trail at Chestnut Ridge...the spot for the challenge pic was very serene! |
06/04/2023 | E3 Beaver Meadow Nature Center | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E3 Beaver Meadow Nature Center | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E13 Pfeiffer Nature Center (Lillibridge) | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | W8 Devil's Hole and Whirlpool State Parks | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | E8 Golden Hill State Park | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | E8 Golden Hill State Park | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 5 | Great weather, tons of birds and turtles. First time seeing 5 great blue herons in one location. |
06/04/2023 | E9 Griffis Sculpture Park | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E14 Rock City and McCarty Hill State Forests | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | X1 Chimney Bluffs State Park | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | U1 Banana Pancakes | 5 | The ASP FLT Ultra continues to be one of my favorites. We hiked this trail today in perfect weather and the periodic, cool breeze felt wonderful! I am so happy we chose today for this hike. Trail mud was almost non-existent due to the dry spell we have been having. The vegetation alongside the trail is overgrown in multiple areas and reaches over the trail itself causing the need for bushwhacking. Ticks were on my mind in those sections, but thankfully, we saw none and brought none home with us. |
06/04/2023 | W16 Zoar Valley (Holcomb Pond) | 5 | first time on this trail . no mud. minimal people. peaceful |
06/04/2023 | E10 Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge | 5 | Love seeing a snapping turtle making a nest. Yes it was buggy but with repellant they don’t land on you. |
05/28/2023 | W6 Chestnut Ridge Park | 4 | Love the new challenge point but the day was way too hot even going in the morning. |
06/02/2023 | E10 Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge | 3 | Buggy! |
06/04/2023 | W1 Audubon Community Nature Center | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E14 Rock City and McCarty Hill State Forests | 5 | Great to treasure hunt for a stilted tree at one of our ‘backyard’ hiking spots. Perfect temperatures again today with a little breeze. No bugs in an area that can be wet sometimes. We found several stilted trees and had fun doing it! |
06/04/2023 | W5 Chautauqua Gorge State Forest | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E8 Golden Hill State Park | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 4 | Very dry today. But the paths were very over grown and had to whack a lot of weeds and trees |
06/04/2023 | W16 Zoar Valley (Holcomb Pond) | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | U6 French Toast | 5 | Perfect trails for our first ultra |
06/04/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 4 | peaceful |
06/04/2023 | W16 Zoar Valley (Holcomb Pond) | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | E8 Golden Hill State Park | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 5 | Great trail could use a little grooming. Saw one turkey |
06/04/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 5 | It was my first time on this hike. It's a nice, easy hike surrounded by suburbia! This is a "known to be muddy" hike, so I opted to do it now since we are in a dry spell. You could definitely see that the trail is very muddy at times, but today it was pretty much bone dry. I did see one snake. (not my favorite) |
06/04/2023 | W16 Zoar Valley (Holcomb Pond) | 3 | Was disappointing you can’t actually see any of the valley from the trail as we have never been here before. The grass was very tall and taking over the trail by the first pond to the point I could no longer see my German shepherd who was walking directly in front of me. Loved the pine trees and wetlands here! |
06/04/2023 | E9 Griffis Sculpture Park | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | W11 John B. Austin Nature Trail | 4 | Avenza is not accurate at top of trail but trails are in great condition and very well marked so it should not be a problem for anyone. Not much water at the waterfall due to lack of rain. |
06/04/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 4 | |
05/06/2023 | E11 Letchworth FLT | 4 | The hike was good, however, we picked a bad time to hike this entirely, muddy trail. The gorge is always beautiful to see |
06/04/2023 | W6 Chestnut Ridge Park | 5 | Great hike! |
06/04/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E10 Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge | 5 | |
05/07/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 4 | Easy trail to combine with another. I really love jumping on the suspension bridge. The waterfall at the top makes it all worthwhile. |
06/04/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 4 | Fun hike, a little unsure if I was at the check in location. |
06/04/2023 | W1 Audubon Community Nature Center | 5 | Wonderful hike to do with a young adventurer -- age 8! We both had a great time. 😁 |
06/04/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 5 | We did an intense 6-mile hike hitting every trail that I didn’t even know existed; The creek bed was very dry and we were able to cross. I love hiking this park in all seasons |
06/04/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 5 | Love it here. Always. Loved that the landmark was my favorite spot. |
06/04/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 5 | Very little mud and no bugs! FYI the packet says the challenge landmark is the bridge but the camera icon is not in the map |
05/28/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 2 | |
06/04/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 4 | Easy stroll about the park. Everything is dry, you could easily see where it would normally be very muddy in spots but presently the worst you encounter is slightly soft spots in sections. |
06/04/2023 | E6 Erie County Bureau of Forestry | 5 | My favorite so far! |
06/04/2023 | E3 Beaver Meadow Nature Center | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 5 | |
05/31/2023 | W3 Buckhorn Island State Park | 5 | Decided to hike Buckhorn trail on yet another warm and brilliant May day. The lack of precip was obvious on the trail, which most of the time has a few wet spots and some real boggy portions. Dry as a bone and alive with birdsong, the trail today was a dream. We took our time and enjoyed the river's exceptional calm and beauty. Felt blessed to be there. |
06/04/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 5 | We did this one for the winter challenge and it was a sloppy, muddy mess. Everything is bone-dry now and it was delightful! I did spot some poison ivy along the trail and flicked a tick off my daughter so watch for those. |
06/04/2023 | W11 John B. Austin Nature Trail | 5 | Beautiful, perfect day for this hike! Absolutely gorgeous. Saw some toads and chipmunks. Absolutely no garbage to pickup. Ice cream at Lake Effect afterwards. |
06/04/2023 | E6 Erie County Bureau of Forestry | 4 | Photo from creek overlook. |
06/04/2023 | E6 Erie County Bureau of Forestry | 4 | It was hard to find the picture spot. The steps were rickety so we did not go down them. |
06/04/2023 | E6 Erie County Bureau of Forestry | 5 | Nice hike. Beautiful ferns! |
06/04/2023 | E6 Erie County Bureau of Forestry | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E4 Boyce Hill State Forest | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | W13 Letchworth State Park (Trail 18) | 5 | Love ❤️ Letchworth always wanted to do a trail there so this made me love Letchworth even more!! Falls at the entrance were an added bonus. |
06/04/2023 | W4 Carlton Hill Multiple Use Area | 5 | |
06/01/2023 | W16 Zoar Valley (Holcomb Pond) | 5 | Plenty of shade on a warm June 1st… |
06/04/2023 | E7 Genesee County Park and Forest | 5 | The trails are well marked and maintained! Would definitely recommend! |
06/04/2023 | E9 Griffis Sculpture Park | 5 | Fantastic afternoon strol |
06/04/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | Stewardis task invited a friend to join |
05/10/2023 | S2 Introduce someone new to hiking | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 5 | We absolutely loved this trail! We'll be going back to this park for sure! |
05/28/2023 | W9 Eighteen Mile Creek County Park | 4 | |
05/21/2023 | W6 Chestnut Ridge Park | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 4 | I always like Knox Farm, but today it was packed with people and dogs (both on leash and off). We deviated a bit from the recommended route, to enjoy the solitude more. Lovely day with a breeze to keep bugs down; cool, dry trails; and lots of interesting birds! Waterfall was pretty much all dried up… |
06/04/2023 | W6 Chestnut Ridge Park | 5 | Always beautiful, always fun! |
06/04/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | Always love coming here |
06/04/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 4 | Nice easy hike - bugs weren’t too bad but still some mushy spots with standing water surprisingly! |
06/04/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 5 | So peaceful |
06/04/2023 | E3 Beaver Meadow Nature Center | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | W1 Audubon Community Nature Center | 3 | |
06/04/2023 | E8 Golden Hill State Park | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | E1 Allegany State Park (Blacksnake Mountain) | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E8 Golden Hill State Park | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E7 Genesee County Park and Forest | 5 | One of my new favorites. |
06/04/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 4 | It was a beautiful place to hike. Some steep places but overall not too strenuous. I could see how going in the mud would be difficult however I would still like to go back to see the waterfalls as they were all dried up when we went. |
06/04/2023 | W13 Letchworth State Park (Trail 18) | 2 | |
06/04/2023 | E6 Erie County Bureau of Forestry | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E8 Golden Hill State Park | 4 | Half of the blue trail wasn’t mowed - watch out for ticks. Trail was dry. Nice walking next to the lake and seeing the lighthouse! |
06/04/2023 | E9 Griffis Sculpture Park | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E8 Golden Hill State Park | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E8 Golden Hill State Park | 5 | Beautiful along the water. Decent amount of tall grass and thorns so would recommend pants |
06/04/2023 | W11 John B. Austin Nature Trail | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | W11 John B. Austin Nature Trail | 5 | The giant oaks are so cool! |
06/04/2023 | W11 John B. Austin Nature Trail | 5 | Very enjoyable |
06/04/2023 | E4 Boyce Hill State Forest | 5 | A cool hike! I really enjoyed the parts through the Spruce stands! |
06/04/2023 | W1 Audubon Community Nature Center | 5 | Fantastic hike to do with kids, as always! |
06/04/2023 | E8 Golden Hill State Park | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E14 Rock City and McCarty Hill State Forests | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E3 Beaver Meadow Nature Center | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | E3 Beaver Meadow Nature Center | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | W1 Audubon Community Nature Center | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | W1 Audubon Community Nature Center | 5 | Dry well marked trails. |
06/04/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | S5 Take a Leave No Trace class | 3 | |
06/02/2023 | E1 Allegany State Park (Blacksnake Mountain) | 4 | ANP weekend hike with a botanist to learn about the flora on the trail. |
06/04/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E3 Beaver Meadow Nature Center | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 4 | Who brings glass bottles to a park?? |
06/04/2023 | E6 Erie County Bureau of Forestry | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | E4 Boyce Hill State Forest | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | E3 Beaver Meadow Nature Center | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | W8 Devil's Hole and Whirlpool State Parks | 4 | Part of Devils hole trail was closed. No warning signs at the top of the stairs. |
06/04/2023 | S3 Join our partner organizations | 5 | Renewed my membership to the buffalo Audubon society! |
06/03/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 5 | Not that much trash, which was nice to see! |
06/04/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 5 | I have always enjoyed this trail. For those who haven't been here before, parts of the trail are shared with the disc golf course. There are lots of signs! The trail is currently mostly dry. Muddy sections can be navigated fairly easily. I would recommend poles - there are sections with lots of roots, and some ascending and descending areas that can be challenging. Personally I like to go up the steepest hill (where the red and hello trails meet) and then come back down the more gradual one. If you do this, I recommend that you just go for it - don't stop, don't look up, just look at your foot placement and keep going. That hill can be a treacherous one, so if you don't want to do it, don't do it LOL Another great day to be out in the woods 🙂 |
06/03/2023 | E8 Golden Hill State Park | 5 | Really like this hike. Such a nice walk and view! |
06/04/2023 | W6 Chestnut Ridge Park | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 4 | Very peaceful. Lots of water lilies |
06/04/2023 | E14 Rock City and McCarty Hill State Forests | 5 | Beautiful day! Lots of bikes out too; great people! |
06/04/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | Love this hike lilly pads were gorgeous |
06/04/2023 | E9 Griffis Sculpture Park | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 5 | This was great! First hike of the challenge and first time using Avenza! I'm excited to do more. |
06/04/2023 | S2 Introduce someone new to hiking | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | Personal favorite. Water lilies out in full bloom. |
06/04/2023 | W16 Zoar Valley (Holcomb Pond) | 5 | Pond was awesome... beautiful |
06/04/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 5 | Awesome hike on various trails and they are all dry right now. |
06/04/2023 | E10 Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge | 5 | Watch out for the geese! I had to jog part of the trail when I came a little too close to some gosling who were hiding in the grass. |
06/04/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 5 | |
05/20/2023 | X1 Chimney Bluffs State Park | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | E8 Golden Hill State Park | 5 | Enjoyed my hike today at Golden Hill State Park. I find this to be an understated and underrated trail - it's easy, it's lovely, and any time I get to be alongside a lake I'm a happy human. Also, it's the kind of peaceful we all need once in awhile. I'm quite glad I waited for it to dry out, though - I'm sure it was quite the mud hole throughout during muddy season. A couple of things to have in mind if this one is on your list: The trail occasionally lines up with the disc golf course, so just keep your head up 🙂 Because of the amount of traffic during the muddy season, there are various parts of the trail where footing is uneven. There are also various sections that are somewhat overgrown. Be sure to wear bug spray and do your tick checks - also this can make footing trickier because it's hard to see where there are uneven parts under the grass. Also there are a few spots with thorny bushes/branches encroaching the trail, so just be mindful. Happy hiking! |
06/03/2023 | E5 Deer Lick Conservation Area | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | W16 Zoar Valley (Holcomb Pond) | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | W9 Eighteen Mile Creek County Park | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | Beautiful day to get out and enjoy nature. |
06/04/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | Always an enjoyable place. |
06/04/2023 | W16 Zoar Valley (Holcomb Pond) | 4 | The hike around the pond was wonderful |
06/04/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 5 | Well marked trail and perfect conditions |
06/04/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 3 | |
06/04/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 2 | |
06/04/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 4 | |
05/07/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | One of my favorite places |
06/04/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 3 | Absolutely beautiful, but not a well-marked trail. I got turned around a few times. |
06/04/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 5 | Perfect weather and dry trail. Nice and easy. |
06/03/2023 | W13 Letchworth State Park (Trail 18) | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | W9 Eighteen Mile Creek County Park | 5 | Easy to follow not very difficult to navigate. No mud but not a lot of water. |
06/04/2023 | W6 Chestnut Ridge Park | 5 | I saw pink lady slippers!! |
06/04/2023 | W13 Letchworth State Park (Trail 18) | 3 | |
06/04/2023 | E10 Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge | 5 | Hike was beautiful but hard to navigate. |
06/02/2023 | E1 Allegany State Park (Blacksnake Mountain) | 5 | Few muddy spots but still a great hike! |
05/27/2023 | S2 Introduce someone new to hiking | 5 | Took my friends and their 2 youngest kids hiking at Allen Lake. Everyone had a blast! |
05/27/2023 | S2 Introduce someone new to hiking | 5 | |
05/20/2023 | X1 Chimney Bluffs State Park | 4 | Very cool to see these naturally made towers |
05/21/2023 | W8 Devil's Hole and Whirlpool State Parks | 5 | To much trash |
05/19/2023 | W3 Buckhorn Island State Park | 5 | We couldn't finish the last few hundred feet bc there was a family of geese we didn't want to disturb! But it was a great hike, and I'm sure we'll go back to see the point again |
06/03/2023 | W8 Devil's Hole and Whirlpool State Parks | 5 | |
05/21/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 5 | 5 stars worth of trash is what I found at Devil's Hole. Bottles and fishing line and wrappers. It's so sad to see the way people treat these great places |
06/02/2023 | W11 John B. Austin Nature Trail | 5 | Excellent trail system, beautiful little waterfall and gorgeous old trees |
06/02/2023 | W11 John B. Austin Nature Trail | 5 | |
06/02/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 5 | Collected a small bag of trash at 18Mile Creek |
06/03/2023 | W9 Eighteen Mile Creek County Park | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | S2 Introduce someone new to hiking | 5 | Creek Walking at Chestnut Ridge |
06/03/2023 | W6 Chestnut Ridge Park | 5 | Introduced my friend to 🔥 |
06/04/2023 | S3 Join our partner organizations | 5 | |
06/04/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 5 | Beautiful day! |
06/04/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 5 | Beautiful morning in the park. Saw a Bluebird on a bluebird nesting box. Also a Bobolink in the grass just singing away. This is one of my favorite parks and I just don’t get here enough. |
06/03/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 5 | It was a little hard to follow the trail but it was beautiful and well maintained. I have lived near this for most of my life and never visited it. So I am grateful the Hiking Challenge is inspiring me to see places I have driven right by! I went with fellow challenge member Nancy Sledziewski |
06/03/2023 | E5 Deer Lick Conservation Area | 5 | Watched the sunrise from the overlook! Highly recommended. I echo what others have mentioned; the “back half” of the trail has a LOT of blowdown. Got a little turned around trying to find a way around a particularly large downed tree but course corrected easy enough thanks to Avenza. |
06/03/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 5 | Weird collection of trash out there at Deer Lick! Found someone’s discarded takeout lunch, water bottle, rubber bungee cord, bloody tissues and… some other personal items I tried not to touch with my skin that certainly didn’t belong on the trail…. Yuck. But felt good I was clearing that crud out of the forest! |
06/04/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 5 | We saw birds a deer eating. Very peaceful hike! |
06/03/2023 | W16 Zoar Valley (Holcomb Pond) | 4 | This is the first I’d even been too this trail. The marshland area was astounding - felt like I was walking into a sacred space following the gently waving ferns along the trail leading out between towering pines to reveal SO many birds flitting about the wetlands. Gorgeous. The trail itself was very pleasant - the only thing I did NOT enjoy was the shoulder high long grass by the initial pond at the start of the trail. I’m 6’1” and felt like I was struggling to keep sight of the way forward with all the pollen flying about. I was covered with green powder. The trail to the north of the first pond was also completely flooded. I did the hike as an out and back along the one side to avoid the water. |
06/03/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 5 | Trail was pretty dry the entire way through. What was usually muddy was pretty solid in near every instance. Great hike! |
06/03/2023 | W9 Eighteen Mile Creek County Park | 4 | The four only because of no waterfall 🫤. Not even a trickle. Lol |
06/03/2023 | W5 Chautauqua Gorge State Forest | 5 | Very cool trail that I’ve never been to. You can tell they’ve done a lot of work on it to make it better. Wish there was a bigger lot but since there was only me there it didn’t matter, lol. But normally would only fit maybe 5 or 6 max. I also realized that if I would have walked 5 more feet to the next opening it was a much better view. Lol |
06/04/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 4 | |
06/04/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | W6 Chestnut Ridge Park | 5 | Great hike! I liked it better than the eternal flame 🔥 hike last year! |
06/03/2023 | W1 Audubon Community Nature Center | 5 | Story book trail and natures playground were a huge hit for the kids! |
06/03/2023 | E5 Deer Lick Conservation Area | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | E2 Allen Lake State Forest | 4 | Nice hike for a dog like me. Warm sunshine and a nice breeze. Not too much mud to make paws dirty…. There was not much water in the creek but I noticed a small fish in a cavern pool. |
06/03/2023 | E2 Allen Lake State Forest | 4 | Great hiking weather. The trail was dry and the waterfall had just a trickle of water… but I got hubby to sign up for the challenge and that is a good thing! |
06/03/2023 | E14 Rock City and McCarty Hill State Forests | 5 | Nice elevation and humongous rocks in this old forest |
06/03/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 5 | I liked this hike a lot! I liked that there were several different sections that all had different things to offer. Really great scenery and lots of wildlife, especially birds. |
06/03/2023 | E6 Erie County Bureau of Forestry | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | E4 Boyce Hill State Forest | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | E2 Allen Lake State Forest | 4 | Great hike! There's a lot of pricker bushes lining the trail. Also saw some poison ivy right next to the trail. Going down to the hidden waterfall was amazing. |
06/03/2023 | W11 John B. Austin Nature Trail | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | W8 Devil's Hole and Whirlpool State Parks | 5 | Beautiful. We went down Devil’s Hole Stairs and left to the trail closure, then back to the stairs and back up and across the top to the whirlpool. |
05/28/2023 | W11 John B. Austin Nature Trail | 4 | One of our favorites |
06/03/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 4 | Nice breezy day hike today |
06/03/2023 | W8 Devil's Hole and Whirlpool State Parks | 5 | Beautiful scenery! Beautiful day! |
06/03/2023 | E1 Allegany State Park (Blacksnake Mountain) | 4 | The old rail bed was a nice hiking surface! |
06/02/2023 | E7 Genesee County Park and Forest | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 5 | Not much trash but found a few candy wrappers and a beer can. |
06/03/2023 | E8 Golden Hill State Park | 5 | Beautiful views of the lake. |
06/10/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 5 | Was prepared to collect trash and was pleasantly surprised to only find this bobber by the pond on Boyce Hill. |
06/02/2023 | W4 Carlton Hill Multiple Use Area | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | E4 Boyce Hill State Forest | 5 | One of my favorites! The trail was dry today and quite lovely. As Mike has mentioned, going the entire way to the pond is worth it. The trail is well marked and the air conditioned loo always brings me a giggle. Highly recommend bug spray for this hike. Was prepared to collect trash and I only found a bobber 🙂 |
06/03/2023 | E10 Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 5 | Glorious day in 716! Beauteous! |
06/03/2023 | W1 Audubon Community Nature Center | 5 | Extraordinary! What a great place. The welcome center is fabulous. So much to learn. The rails are very well-marked and well maintained. The information signs were extremely helpful. I am so impressed with this hike. Please. Drive the extra mils and visit. Take a lunch and enjoy this wonderful place. |
06/03/2023 | W7 College Lodge Forest | 5 | The trails are wonderfully kept up and well-marked. But, the lake is overgrown. What a shame. it is way too early in the season for the lake to be so dry. What is going on? All the streams i am used to are dry so early in the season and the lakes and ponds are filled with water plants, What are the water fowl going to do? |
05/28/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 5 | First time to Mossy point and loved it. |
06/03/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | Beautiful location, many photographers out today. Fiat, easy trail. Went to challenge location but couldn’t resist using a photo of the pink flower water lilys. |
05/21/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 4 | Beautiful place. People riding ATVs near upper part of hike disturbed the peaceful place a bit but still a nice hike. |
06/03/2023 | W5 Chautauqua Gorge State Forest | 5 | Wonderful. The river is warm. I am not sure if that is a good sign, but it was fun. Great people at the campsites and on the trails. Wonderful time. |
06/03/2023 | W2 Boutwell Hill State Forest | 4 | Great day ... but too dry... where did the water for the streams go? |
05/21/2023 | W11 John B. Austin Nature Trail | 3 | Park a little over crowded today but still a beautiful hike. Enjoyed doing in combo with Royalton ravine. |
05/28/2023 | E6 Erie County Bureau of Forestry | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | W13 Letchworth State Park (Trail 18) | 5 | Our first hike of the challenge and our first visit to Letchworth State Park. The kids had a blast and asked if we could go back tomorrow! |
06/03/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 5 | Dry sprout. No creeks to cross |
06/03/2023 | W13 Letchworth State Park (Trail 18) | 5 | Perfect trail conditions |
06/03/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 5 | Go now!! It’s so dry that all the creek crossings are basically just rocks! Even if you venture off the suggested trail and do the purple trail, the ever present standing water in the 40 markers are just light mud! |
06/03/2023 | W9 Eighteen Mile Creek County Park | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 5 | Always a favorite |
06/03/2023 | W9 Eighteen Mile Creek County Park | 5 | Gorgeous day! |
06/03/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 5 | Always a great hike! |
06/03/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | Beautiful trails and tons of things to see. |
06/03/2023 | E13 Pfeiffer Nature Center (Lillibridge) | 5 | Great work out loved the different forest. Cool car, |
06/03/2023 | W13 Letchworth State Park (Trail 18) | 4 | Beautiful weather for a hike. Little to no crowd. Most go to just see the small waterfall in the beginning. No mud and easy to follow. |
06/03/2023 | E6 Erie County Bureau of Forestry | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | E3 Beaver Meadow Nature Center | 4 | |
06/02/2023 | W4 Carlton Hill Multiple Use Area | 5 | Great hike! Fairly secluded with some elevation gain/loss. Trails are narrow so long pants are recommended. |
06/03/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 3 | |
06/03/2023 | S5 Take a Leave No Trace class | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | E6 Erie County Bureau of Forestry | 5 | The temperature today was perfect for hiking! Usually, this park is noted for wet, muddy trails. Not today! I'm glad I went here before it rains again. Beautiful forest trails on both sides of Genesee Rd. Plus, we saw horses! |
06/03/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 5 | Loved the Swinging Bridge! |
06/03/2023 | W16 Zoar Valley (Holcomb Pond) | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | E5 Deer Lick Conservation Area | 3 | Many downed trees, a lot of ducking and climbing over. Trail is very messy with branches and sticks. |
06/03/2023 | W9 Eighteen Mile Creek County Park | 4 | No falls...probably better to do this in the Fall. My selfie was approximately where the Falls is. Still a good walk through the woods! |
06/03/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | We enjoyed this hike. The weather was awesome and the trails were great. Saw some snapping turtles which made our day. |
06/03/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | Beautiful trails and so much to see! We took many photos of the lily pond and wildflowers along the path. Really enjoyed this nature preserve. |
06/03/2023 | S5 Take a Leave No Trace class | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 5 | A but windy today, but a great place to be! |
06/03/2023 | E8 Golden Hill State Park | 5 | Walking along the water was absolutely lovely. You could hear the waves the whole time. The wild honeysuckle made it smell wonderful too. The ruins were just a special treat. |
06/03/2023 | E8 Golden Hill State Park | 5 | Loved the wildflowers, wild water, and the ruins! I've hike here before, but never went all the way to the ruins before. Wonderful breeze off the lake made this a terrific day hike! |
06/03/2023 | W13 Letchworth State Park (Trail 18) | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | W13 Letchworth State Park (Trail 18) | 5 | Beautiful! Make sure you go along the creek to see Kisil Falls at the beginning, then get back on the trail with the cool purple blazes (trail 18). This was not difficult at all. But gorgeous! |
06/03/2023 | E3 Beaver Meadow Nature Center | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | S7 Participate in a partner event | 5 | National Trails Day with Foothills |
06/03/2023 | S7 Participate in a partner event | 5 | Attended an Adventure Hike at Amherst State Park with Earth Spirit. Mr. Sandy was amazingly knowledgeable about so many things! Two hours just flew by! |
06/03/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 5 | Great weather for a bike |
06/03/2023 | S4 Donate to our partner organizations | 3 | |
06/03/2023 | S3 Join our partner organizations | 3 | |
06/03/2023 | E9 Griffis Sculpture Park | 5 | Artsy and physical. What could be better? |
05/06/2023 | W13 Letchworth State Park (Trail 18) | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | E5 Deer Lick Conservation Area | 5 | Love getting in a good difficult trail, provides a nice work out. Still quite a few large downed trees on the trail, and some pretty muddy spots near the bridge, even with the dry weather we’ve had. Nice quiet hike in the woods! |
06/03/2023 | W16 Zoar Valley (Holcomb Pond) | 5 | Great hike, easy to follow the trail and only one tiny spot with mud. Lots of frogs! |
06/03/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 5 | I've been here quite a few times, but this was my first time taking the service trail all the way around to the far pond to where the challenge landmark was. A wonderful hike today & the wind kept the mosquitoes away, haha |
06/03/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 4 | This was a nice little hike; lots of birds singing, frogs, and dragonflies. The trail was very dry and peaceful. |
05/14/2023 | S2 Introduce someone new to hiking | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 4 | Loved the pond. The trails were overgrown. |
06/03/2023 | E3 Beaver Meadow Nature Center | 5 | Wonderful stroll through the woods and lots of wildlife to see and watch. |
06/03/2023 | E7 Genesee County Park and Forest | 5 | Love this place! So many options and terrain and nature to look at! Always a nice stroll through here. |
06/03/2023 | E6 Erie County Bureau of Forestry | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | S2 Introduce someone new to hiking | 4 | Finally enjoying a nice hike with my daughter. |
06/03/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 4 | Very little trash at Mossy point |
06/03/2023 | W1 Audubon Community Nature Center | 5 | Love this new addition. |
06/03/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 4 | Heard this one was muddy but this week without rain it was perfect! |
06/03/2023 | W1 Audubon Community Nature Center | 4 | Absolutely great place. I give it a 4.75 |
06/03/2023 | W3 Buckhorn Island State Park | 3 | |
06/03/2023 | W16 Zoar Valley (Holcomb Pond) | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | E5 Deer Lick Conservation Area | 5 | Very much enjoyed this hike, but it kicked my butt just a little. First true trail that I would agree was "moderate." Loved putting in some effort. Beautiful, peaceful woods. Person who said there were a lot of trees across the trails wasn't kidding! |
06/03/2023 | E13 Pfeiffer Nature Center (Lillibridge) | 4 | Nice climb if go clockwise |
06/03/2023 | W16 Zoar Valley (Holcomb Pond) | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | S7 Participate in a partner event | 3 | |
06/03/2023 | S5 Take a Leave No Trace class | 3 | |
06/03/2023 | W7 College Lodge Forest | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | W5 Chautauqua Gorge State Forest | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | E7 Genesee County Park and Forest | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | W4 Carlton Hill Multiple Use Area | 4 | Good challenge though parts are starting to get overgrown. |
06/03/2023 | W13 Letchworth State Park (Trail 18) | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | E5 Deer Lick Conservation Area | 5 | Nice hike! |
06/03/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 5 | Love this Hike. A family favorite. |
06/03/2023 | E3 Beaver Meadow Nature Center | 5 | Continued rollercoaster. No bugs, nice breeze. No mud. |
06/03/2023 | E5 Deer Lick Conservation Area | 5 | Nice hike today. Not as challenging as expected. Few muddy spots but nothing you couldn’t get around. |
06/03/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 5 | Great hike!! |
06/03/2023 | W16 Zoar Valley (Holcomb Pond) | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | E2 Allen Lake State Forest | 4 | Well marked, very narrow foot path with plenty of thorny over growth to navigate through. Water levels were extremely low so finding the waterfall was a bit tricky but we did it! |
06/03/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | E7 Genesee County Park and Forest | 5 | Finally got a look at the Interpretive Center, pretty neat! |
06/03/2023 | E10 Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge | 5 | It was a nice hike but I expected more water after looking at pics of trails by here. Will have to check out others as well! |
06/03/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 5 | This is such a gorgeous hike! |
06/03/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 4 | ~What a sweet little spot.. thanks for putting it on the list this year!~ |
06/03/2023 | W7 College Lodge Forest | 5 | Trails were in good shape. This is one of my favorite hikes, perfect weather and really had a great day. |
06/03/2023 | E14 Rock City and McCarty Hill State Forests | 5 | Amazing rocks and perfect trail conditions |
06/03/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | Perfect home for a day when we want to get outside because it isn't 90, but when we don't have a lot of free time. |
06/03/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 5 | Gorgeous day and amazing hike! |
06/03/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 5 | Saw catbirds, 2 young doe, pileated woodpecker, and 2 garter snakes! Gorgeous day it was lovely |
06/03/2023 | W7 College Lodge Forest | 5 | Many beautiful old trees! Glad the path was mostly dry. |
06/03/2023 | W8 Devil's Hole and Whirlpool State Parks | 5 | As always spectacular. |
06/03/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 4 | Dry, well marked |
06/03/2023 | W8 Devil's Hole and Whirlpool State Parks | 5 | Awesome hike despite the one section being closed. We took the Whirlpool trail to the end and then back to the Rock of Ages. Devils Hole trail is closed off just beyond the Rock. They did a great job repairing the Whirlpool stairs. I am particularly proud of myself as I was able to climb up all 362 stairs non stop. |
06/03/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 4 | 🥾🥾🥾🥾 |
06/03/2023 | E3 Beaver Meadow Nature Center | 5 | Perfect trails , well marked and very peaceful. We went clockwise around the trail so the beaver pond was the treat at the end! |
06/03/2023 | E3 Beaver Meadow Nature Center | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | W11 John B. Austin Nature Trail | 3 | |
06/03/2023 | E7 Genesee County Park and Forest | 5 | A rollercoaster. Only dried mud. No bugs. |
06/03/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 3 | |
06/03/2023 | W6 Chestnut Ridge Park | 3 | |
06/03/2023 | W6 Chestnut Ridge Park | 3 | |
06/03/2023 | E5 Deer Lick Conservation Area | 5 | A little confusing when lots of trees are down but a beautiful place to hike. Definitely needed poles but not as difficult as expected. Some mud which was surprising after all the hot days. |
06/03/2023 | E9 Griffis Sculpture Park | 5 | |
05/29/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | E9 Griffis Sculpture Park | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 4 | Not much garbage on trail. |
06/03/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 4 | Nice day, not very muddy or buggy. |
06/03/2023 | W11 John B. Austin Nature Trail | 5 | |
06/03/2023 | E9 Griffis Sculpture Park | 5 | Wonderful place for a hike. Love the climbing. |
06/03/2023 | E6 Erie County Bureau of Forestry | 4 | |
06/03/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 5 | We found a plastic candy wrapper and 2 pieces of plastic; the wrapper and one piece shown here. The stewardship piece of the challenge is great because I am hunting garbage! |
06/03/2023 | W11 John B. Austin Nature Trail | 5 | Beautiful winding trails--and magical big trees! Loved it! |
05/22/2023 | W10 Franklin Gulf County Park | 5 | |
06/02/2023 | W15 Tifft Nature Preserve | 4 | Beautiful quick hike with lots of variety! |
06/02/2023 | E1 Allegany State Park (Blacksnake Mountain) | 5 | Nicest hike of the day. Spectacular! The Challenge Landmark - stone marker where New York and Pennsylvania meet - was very cool. |
06/02/2023 | X2 Allegheny National Forest (Rimrock Trail) | 5 | Very cool castle-like viewing structure at Challenge Landmark. Gorgeous forest walk. Yes, only 2.5 miles - but all downhill (many steep declines) from East to West trailheads - and all uphill on our return - very challenging (our run keeper has the trail dropping 601 feet and then ascending 601 feet on our return to the East side trailhead). It was easily a difficult rated hike (not moderate) and with temperatures in the upper 80's - I would rate it a strenuous hike. |
06/02/2023 | E13 Pfeiffer Nature Center (Lillibridge) | 5 | As always, very scenic, lots of different bird songs identified by Merlin. Very challenging trails. |
06/02/2023 | E1 Allegany State Park (Blacksnake Mountain) | 5 | Absolutely loved this hike. Took the climb slow and easy. Narrow trail on the climb with lots of foliage brushing up against you, but trail widens up and it is absolutely beautiful. Great forest views. Beautiful relaxing hike. |
06/02/2023 | X2 Allegheny National Forest (Rimrock Trail) | 4 | First time there. Stunning view at the overlook. Rock staircase really cool. I would rate this hike more strenuous vs moderate. That climb was a killer. Going down was also hard on the feet. |
06/02/2023 | E13 Pfeiffer Nature Center (Lillibridge) | 5 | Challenging hike. Merrick's Run is no joke. Lots of climbing. Pretty woods. Nice views. Beautiful pavilion. |
04/23/2023 | S6 Participate in a clean-up or trail maintenance event | 5 | Canal Clean Sweep event, "West Canal Marina Cleanup." |
06/02/2023 | S2 Introduce someone new to hiking | 5 | The trails were flat and there wasn't much elevation change. A perfect hike for someone not used to hiking! |
06/02/2023 | W11 John B. Austin Nature Trail | 5 | The oak trees were HUGE and so beautiful, and I loved the shade cover the maple forest provided. |
05/26/2023 | E2 Allen Lake State Forest | 3 | Not my favorite but we still had a great time! |
06/02/2023 | S2 Introduce someone new to hiking | 5 | We brought my husband/Colin’s dad! It was so great to show him how we spend our days hiking. Thank you for including this! |
06/02/2023 | W6 Chestnut Ridge Park | 5 | This was an awesome hike!! |
06/02/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 5 | |
06/02/2023 | W16 Zoar Valley (Holcomb Pond) | 5 | This hike was awesome and memorable! |
06/02/2023 | W6 Chestnut Ridge Park | 5 | |
06/02/2023 | E7 Genesee County Park and Forest | 5 | |
06/02/2023 | W4 Carlton Hill Multiple Use Area | 5 | |
05/29/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 5 | picked up garbage |
06/02/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 4 | It was a great hike and saw a lot of animals! A few more days and the lily pads will have bloomed. |
06/02/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 5 | |
06/02/2023 | W6 Chestnut Ridge Park | 5 | Always a great time! |
05/29/2023 | W6 Chestnut Ridge Park | 5 | Nice hike. Patches of Pink Lady's Slippers. |
06/01/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 5 | |
06/02/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 4 | |
05/13/2023 | E6 Erie County Bureau of Forestry | 5 | |
05/26/2023 | E5 Deer Lick Conservation Area | 5 | |
06/02/2023 | E7 Genesee County Park and Forest | 5 | |
06/02/2023 | W4 Carlton Hill Multiple Use Area | 5 | |
06/02/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 5 | All the things I like about a trail. Pretty dense vegetation, lots of trees and a pond with a trail around it. Just needs a waterfall! |
05/28/2023 | E4 Boyce Hill State Forest | 4 | |
05/28/2023 | E14 Rock City and McCarty Hill State Forests | 3 | This is a great hike, but the instructions for the photo location are poor (well, non existent). There are so many stilt trees throughout the park, a picture in the packet would have been very helpful. |
05/28/2023 | E9 Griffis Sculpture Park | 4 | Always a fun one - a little unfortunate that it is now pay to hike. |
06/02/2023 | W5 Chautauqua Gorge State Forest | 5 | |
06/26/2023 | W11 John B. Austin Nature Trail | 5 | |
06/02/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 5 | Awesome, beautiful, peaceful hike, even though I got off course ( adding a little bit more to the hike). |
06/01/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 5 | |
06/01/2023 | W11 John B. Austin Nature Trail | 5 | |
06/01/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 5 | |
06/02/2023 | W16 Zoar Valley (Holcomb Pond) | 5 | |
06/02/2023 | W1 Audubon Community Nature Center | 5 | Fun |
06/02/2023 | E5 Deer Lick Conservation Area | 5 | |
06/02/2023 | E12 Mossy Point | 5 | Beautiful in the woods! Very clean too so no stewardship task needed |
05/28/2023 | U7 Western Omelette | 5 | Great Hike...and Beautiful Day...although a little technical difficulty in tracking hike...will try something different than Avenza Maps on future hikes... |
05/27/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 4 | Very easy, great for beginners |
06/02/2023 | W9 Eighteen Mile Creek County Park | 5 | |
06/02/2023 | E6 Erie County Bureau of Forestry | 4 | Awesome hike. |
06/02/2023 | E6 Erie County Bureau of Forestry | 4 | Perfect! |
05/28/2023 | W5 Chautauqua Gorge State Forest | 4 | Some tall grass, and one of our dogs picked up a tick that we found right away, so just be careful and dress appropriately |
05/28/2023 | W5 Chautauqua Gorge State Forest | 5 | |
06/02/2023 | W12 Knox Farm State Park | 5 | |
06/01/2023 | E15 Royalton Ravine Park | 4 | Nice and cool in the woods. Quiet. Nice hike. |
05/31/2023 | E7 Genesee County Park and Forest | 4 | Buggy as hell, but it’s so pretty there. |
05/28/2023 | W14 Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve | 4 | Super easy and saw a blue heron! |
05/28/2023 | E16 Tillman Road WMA | 4 | |
05/27/2023 | E10 Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge | 4 | Gorgeous views by the water, but the bugs were awful in the woods. |
05/27/2023 | E8 Golden Hill State Park | 4 | The trails cut across the parking lots in spots, unless we went the wrong ways, but it was a nice trail. Beautiful. A little muddy in spots but beautiful! |
05/21/2023 | E5 Deer Lick Conservation Area | 5 | Another great area. |
05/21/2023 | W16 Zoar Valley (Holcomb Pond) | 5 | Great area |
06/01/2023 | S1 Pick up trash on the trail | 3 | Picked up a trash bag & cigarette butt on the trail to Holcomb pond! |