Mile by Mile

NY/PA State Line in Allegany State Park.  Finger Lakes Trail coincides with North Country Trail & Conservation Trail

Willis Creek Lean-To

Cross Allegany State Park Road 3.

Stony Brook Lean-To

Cross Allegany State Park Road 1.

Beck Hollow Lean-To (next lean-to nearly 90 miles away)

Leaving Allegany State Park

Jimmerson Bivouac Area (on private property)

Enter Bucktooth State Forest

Bucktooth State Forest Bivouac Area

Cross NY 353

Enter Rock City State Forest

Rock City State Forest Bivouac Area

Old CCC Seneca Camp Bivouac Area

Enter McCarty Hill State Forest

McCarty Hill Bivouac Area

Holimont Bivouac Area, soon after is view from top of Holimont Ski Lift.  Next camping 16 miles.

Reach NY 242 near town of Ellicottville.  Post office about 0.5 mile to the east.

Cross US 219

Cross NY 240, continue on Fancy Tract Road.

Junction with orange blazed Conservation Trail.

Cobb Trail leads 0.2 miles to Cobb Bivouac Area.

Trail follows NY 242

Trail leaves NY 242 and enters Boyce Hill State Forest.

Boyce Hill State Forest Bivouac Area

Enter Bear Creek State Forest

Trail follows NY 16

Trail follows NY 98

Trail leaves NY 98

Enter Bush Hill State Forest

Bush Hill State Forest Bivouac Area

Enter Farmersville State Forest

Farmersville State Forest Bivouac Area

Cross NY 243

Enter Swift Hill State Forest

Sixtown Creek Section.  Junction of Blue Blazed Hunting/Hi-Water Bypass Trail.  Leads to Sixtown Creek Bivouac Area

Trail on right leads to the Marge Hinz Campsite.

Follow, then cross NY 19

Mile 100 is along Wiscoy Creek.

Camp Sam Wood Lean To

Cross NY 19A

Junction with yellow blazed Letchworth Trail.  Cross Genesee River on Whiskey Bridge.

Hesse Lean-To (private, but hikers are welcome)

Fox Road & views.

Bleier Campsite

Swain Hill Bivouac Area

Robinson Loop Trails

Blue Blazed Bypass Trail junction (FLT steeply climbs a creekbed)

Side trail leads to Bossards Cabin (private, but hikers welcome)

Views and enter Slader Creek State Forest

Slader Creek Bivouac Area

Enter Klipnocky State Forest

Klipnocky State Forest Bivouac Area near Pond #1

Klipnocky State Forest Bivouac Area near Pond #2

Enter Bully Hill State Forest

Bully Hill State Forest Bivouac Area - next camping 27 miles.

Enter Steuben County while on Webb Road

Turn left off Webb Road.  Right blue blazed trail leads two miles to Kanakadea Lean To

Cross I-86 on Doorley Rd bridge

Trail enters near Hornell, NY & crosses NY 36.  Lodging, Restaurants and grocery stores.

Pass by Econo Lodge

Enter Burt Hill State Forest

Burt Hill Lean-To --> next camping nearly 30 miles away (next lean-to is nearly fifty miles away)

Follow NY 415 under I-86 (near Bath, NY)

Sand Pit Road --> great views off and on over the next 5 miles

Junction with the southern terminus of the 54 mile orange blazed Bristol Hills Trail

Cross NY 54.  Vinehurst Inn

Blue Blazed June Bug Trail & June Bug Bivouac Area.

Irene's Bivouac Area

Enter Birdseye Hollow State Forest

Birdseye Hollow Rd (CR 96)

Mile 200 is located just south of Rhinehart Road.

Reach then cross NY 226

Enter South Bradford State Forest

Trail to Moss Hill Lean-To on right.  JCT with northern terminus of the Great Eastern Trail.

South Bradford Bivouac Area

Enter Goundry Hill State Forest, enter Schuyler County

Corbett Hollow Bivouac Area

Enter Sugar Hill State Forest

Side trail leads 0.25 mile to Parks Hollow Lean To

Side trail leads to Sugar Hill Fire Tower and soon after another side trail leading 0.2 miles to Sugar Hill Lean To #1 and #2.

Buck Settlement Lean-To

Enter Watkins Glen State Park

Watkins Glen State Park Campground

Main Entrance to Watkins Glen State Park, cross NY 14.  Trail goes thru Village of Watkins Glen.  Lodging

Trail crosses NY 414 and then follows Excelsior Glen

Twin Tunnels

Enter Finger Lakes National Forest

Junction of Interloken Trail. 

Dunham Lean-To

Trail leaves Finger Lakes National Forest

Enter Texas Hollow State Forest

Rogers Hill Lean-To

Cross NY 228

Enter Connecticut Hill WMA.  Orange Blazed Van Lone Hill Loop Trail goes left.  Thru hikers may camp anywhere in the WMA.

Junction of Bob Cameron Loop.  Soon is the Connecticut Hill Summit (2099 feet)

Rieman Woods Bivouac Area

Enter Robert Tremen State Park

Sierra Shelter in Robert Treman State Park

Cross under NY 13/34/96 along Enfield Creek

Cross Cayuga Inlet.  Lowest point along whole Finger Lakes Trail at 430 feet.

Lick Brook Falls in Sweedler Nature Preserve.

Enter Danby State Forest

Chestnut Lean-To

Junction with the orange blazed Abbott Loop

Tamarack Lean-To

Enter Shindagin Hollow State Forest

Mile 300 is just west of Braley Road

Shindagin Lean-To

Enter Potato Hill State Forest

Reach NY 79

Enter Robinson Hollow State Forest

Side trail leads 0.1 mile to Kimmie Lean-To

Enter Hammond Hill State Forest.  Entering Tompkins County.

Cross NY 38

Enter Kennedy State Forest

Foxfire Lean-To

Virgil Mountain summit (2132 feet)

Enter Tuller Hill State Forest

Woodchuck Hollow Lean-To

West River Road and start of six mile road walk.

Small hamlet of Blodgett Mills

Reach and follow US 11

Cross under I-81 along Hoxie Gorge Rd

Enter Hoxie Gorge Nature Preserve

Hoxie Gorge Bivouac Area.  Soon after is a side trail leading to Hoxie Gorge Lean To

Enter Baker School House State Forest.  CCC Pool Bivouac Area located 0.1 mile south of road.

Cross NY 41

Enter Taylor Valley State Forest

Cheningo Creek Bivouac Area

Kiosk & Cheningo Day Use Area

Enter Cuyler Hill State Forest

Wiltsey Glen Bivouac Area

Side trail leads to Rose Hollow Bivouac Area

Junction with Blue Blazed "Onondaga Trail".  FLT follows blue blazed trail for 0.9 mile.

Follow Cuyler Hill Rd.  Road walk next 3.4 miles.

Enter Mariposa State Forest

Paridise Garden Lean-To

Junction with blue blazed "Link Trail"

Enter Bucks Brook State Forest

Ridge Road Bivouac Area

Bucks Brook State Forest Bivouac Area

Reach and follow NY 26 for 0.3 miles

Enter Otselic State Forest at DEC Parking Area for Otselic River.

Winston Braxton Memorial Bench

Enter Pharsalia WMA

Side trail leads 0.4 miles to Perkins Pond Lean To

Side trail leads 0.1 to Johnson Pond Bivouac Area

Mile 400 is just east of the Johnson Street crossing.

Side trail leads to Lower Pond Bivouac Area

Canastawacta Creek Bivouac Area

Trail follows NY 26 for 0.4 miles

Enter New Michigan State Forest.  Junction of the blue blazed Plymouth Loop Trail.

Berry Hill Fire Tower is 0.2 mile to the right

Enter McDonough State Forest

Enter Bowman State Park

Re-enter McDonough State Forest

Cross NY 220

Re-enter McDonough State Forest

Shortcut Road Bivouac Area

Enter Ludlow Creek State Forest

Side trail leads to Ludlow Creek Lean-To

Reach NY 12 and soon cross the Chenango River

Enter Basswood State Forest

Enter Wiley Brook State Forest

Side trail leads 0.1 mile to Wiley Pond Bivouac Area.  Next camping is 27 miles.

Reach NY 206 and follow into Bainbridge, NY

Cross Susquehanna River on NY 206 bridge, then go under I-88

Reach and follow NY 8 to Church Street into Masonville

Masonville Creek Bridge

Enter Beals Pond State Forest

Enter Artic China State Forest

Cold Spring Lean-To

Cross NY 8 and enter Steam Mill State Forest / Barbour Brook State Forest

Dry Brook Road Bivouac Area

Dry Brook Lean-To

Reach County Route 27.  Road walk for next 15 miles.

Reach and follow NY 10 for 2.5 miles.  Village of Walton is 4 miles to the east.

Cross bridge over West Branch of the Delaware River.

Enter Bear Spring Wildlife Management Area

Reach NY 30 and follow for 0.4 mile.  Road walk next 5+ miles.

Turn on Corbett Road and cross East Branch of the Delaware River

Enter Catskill Forest Preserve

Turn left onto Trout Pond Trail.

Campbell Brook Bivouac Area

Mile 500 is the high point of the trail while on Campbell Mountain.

Campbell Mountain Lean-To

Cross NY 206

Brock Mountain summit (2760 feet)

Flat Rock Bivouac Area

Split Rock Lookout

Mary Smith Hill summit (2942 feet)

Middle Mountain summit (2975 feet)

Beech Hill summit (2844 feet)

Cabot Mountain summit (2970 feet)

Beaverkill Vista

Alder Lake Bivouac Area

Beaver Meadow Bivouac Area

Beaver Meadow Lean-To

Highest point along Mill Brook Ridge (3480 feet)

Highest point along whole FLT (3660 feet) - just 0.2 miles from summit of Balsam Lake Mountain

Side trail leads 0.2 miles to Balsam Lake Mountain Lean-To

Beaverkill Campsite #1

Beaverkill Campsite #2

Beaverkill Campsite #3

Fall Brook Lean-To

Reach the end of Wild Meadow Road.  Next 13.2 miles is on roads

Reach Claryville

Claryville Post Office

Claryville General Store

Denning Road Bivouac Area

Denning Road Trailhead

Eastern terminus of Finger Lakes Trail at the junction of the Long Path