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The "mile by mile" below is intended to help you prepare to hike along the Finger Lakes Trail. Camping spots are in bold. The information below does not include the many sections of trail that is closed for hiking during hunting seasons. All information and mileage calculations were completed on 3/10/2010. Mileage has changed since we compiled this list.
***Key Points along the Finger Lakes Trail, West to East***
Mile Key Points along the Finger Lakes Trail 0.0 NY/PA State Line in Allegany State Park. Finger Lakes Trail coincides with North Country Trail & Conservation Trail
5.9 Willis Creek Lean-To
9.1 Cross Allegany State Park Road 3.
12.2 Stony Brook Lean-To
13.9 Cross Allegany State Park Road 1.
17.5 Beck Hollow Lean-To (next lean-to nearly 90 miles away)
20.3 Leaving Allegany State Park
25.5 Jimmerson Bivouac Area (on private property)
26.7 Enter Bucktooth State Forest
30.3 Bucktooth State Forest Bivouac Area
35.4 Cross NY 353
36.4 Enter Rock City State Forest
37.4 Rock City State Forest Bivouac Area
39.5 Old CCC Seneca Camp Bivouac Area
40.0 42.3 McCarty Hill Bivouac Area
43.3 Holimont Bivouac Area, soon after is view from top of Holimont Ski Lift. Next camping 16 miles.
44.5 Reach NY 242 near town of Ellicottville. Post office about 0.5 mile to the east.
50.6 Cross US 219
55.9 Cross NY 240, continue on Fancy Tract Road.
57.2 Junction with orange blazed Conservation Trail.
59.4 Cobb Trail leads 0.2 miles to Cobb Bivouac Area.
60.0 Trail follows NY 242
61.3 Trail leaves NY 242 and enters Boyce Hill State Forest.
63.5 Boyce Hill State Forest Bivouac Area
66.2 Enter Bear Creek State Forest
69.4 Trail follows NY 16
69.9 Trail follows NY 98
70.2 Trail leaves NY 98
75.3 Enter Bush Hill State Forest
75.9 Bush Hill State Forest Bivouac Area
80.3 80.6 Farmersville State Forest Bivouac Area
84.3 Cross NY 243
88.5 Enter Swift Hill State Forest
91.8 Sixtown Creek Section. Junction of Blue Blazed Hunting/Hi-Water Bypass Trail. Leads to Sixtown Creek Bivouac Area
93.9 Trail on right leads to the Marge Hinz Campsite.
96.6 Follow, then cross NY 19
100.0 Mile 100 is along Wiscoy Creek.
101.3 Camp Sam Wood Lean To
106.7 Cross NY 19A
108.1 Junction with yellow blazed Letchworth Trail. Cross Genesee River on Whiskey Bridge.
110.9 Hesse Lean-To (private, but hikers are welcome)
117.5 Fox Road & views.
124.0 Bleier Campsite
125.8 Swain Hill Bivouac Area
126.7 Robinson Loop Trails
129.3 Blue Blazed Bypass Trail junction (FLT steeply climbs a creekbed)
130.2 Side trail leads to Bossards Cabin (private, but hikers welcome)
131.8 Views and enter Slader Creek State Forest
132.3 Slader Creek Bivouac Area
133.2 Enter Klipnocky State Forest
133.7 Klipnocky State Forest Bivouac Area near Pond #1
134.2 Klipnocky State Forest Bivouac Area near Pond #2
137.6 Enter Bully Hill State Forest
138.5 Bully Hill State Forest Bivouac Area - next camping 27 miles.
146.5 Enter Steuben County while on Webb Road
147.5 Turn left off Webb Road. Right blue blazed trail leads two miles to Kanakadea Lean To
148.9 Cross I-86 on Doorley Rd bridge
151.9 Trail enters near Hornell, NY & crosses NY 36. Lodging, Restaurants and grocery stores.
152.4 Pass by Econo Lodge
161.8 Enter Burt Hill State Forest
162.6 Burt Hill Lean-To --> next camping nearly 30 miles away (next lean-to is nearly fifty miles away)
178.0 Follow NY 415 under I-86 (near Bath, NY)
179.0 Sand Pit Road --> great views off and on over the next 5 miles
184.0 Junction with the southern terminus of the 54 mile orange blazed Bristol Hills Trail
189.2 Cross NY 54. Vinehurst Inn
192.3 Blue Blazed June Bug Trail & June Bug Bivouac Area.
197.2 Irene's Bivouac Area
198.1 199.2 Birdseye Hollow Rd (CR 96)
200.0 Mile 200 is located just south of Rhinehart Road.
205.6 Reach then cross NY 226
209.0 210.4 Trail to Moss Hill Lean-To on right. JCT with northern terminus of the Great Eastern Trail.
212.3 South Bradford Bivouac Area
213.4 Enter Goundry Hill State Forest, enter Schuyler County
215.9 Corbett Hollow Bivouac Area
221.8 Enter Sugar Hill State Forest
224.2 Side trail leads 0.25 mile to Parks Hollow Lean To
225.6 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.
229.1 Buck Settlement Lean-To
231.2 Enter Watkins Glen State Park
234.6 Watkins Glen State Park Campground
235.4 Main Entrance to Watkins Glen State Park, cross NY 14. Trail goes thru Village of Watkins Glen. Lodging
237.1 Trail crosses NY 414 and then follows Excelsior Glen
241.4 Twin Tunnels
242.6 245.9 Junction of Interloken Trail.
246.0 Dunham Lean-To
246.9 Trail leaves Finger Lakes National Forest
249.8 254.2 Rogers Hill Lean-To
255.9 Cross NY 228
257.2 Enter Connecticut Hill WMA. Orange Blazed Van Lone Hill Loop Trail goes left. Thru hikers may camp anywhere in the WMA.
265.8 Junction of Bob Cameron Loop. Soon is the Connecticut Hill Summit (2099 feet)
270.7 Rieman Woods Bivouac Area
272.9 Enter Robert Tremen State Park
276.4 Sierra Shelter in Robert Treman State Park
277.1 Cross under NY 13/34/96 along Enfield Creek
277.3 Cross Cayuga Inlet. Lowest point along whole Finger Lakes Trail at 430 feet.
277.7 Lick Brook Falls in Sweedler Nature Preserve.
285.1 Enter Danby State Forest
286.0 Chestnut Lean-To
286.9 Junction with the orange blazed Abbott Loop
292.2 Tamarack Lean-To
299.6 300.0 Mile 300 is just west of Braley Road
302.7 Shindagin Lean-To
306.6 Enter Potato Hill State Forest
310.6 Reach NY 79
311.2 312.0 Side trail leads 0.1 mile to Kimmie Lean-To
313.2 Enter Hammond Hill State Forest. Entering Tompkins County.
318.3 Cross NY 38
323.7 Enter Kennedy State Forest
328.6 Foxfire Lean-To
332.5 Virgil Mountain summit (2132 feet)
336.0 Enter Tuller Hill State Forest
337.4 Woodchuck Hollow Lean-To
341.2 West River Road and start of six mile road walk.
343.8 Small hamlet of Blodgett Mills
344.1 Reach and follow US 11
346.0 Cross under I-81 along Hoxie Gorge Rd
347.1 347.6 Hoxie Gorge Bivouac Area. Soon after is a side trail leading to Hoxie Gorge Lean To
354.1 Enter Baker School House State Forest. CCC Pool Bivouac Area located 0.1 mile south of road.
356.4 Cross NY 41
356.6 362.9 Cheningo Creek Bivouac Area
363.0 Kiosk & Cheningo Day Use Area
366.2 Enter Cuyler Hill State Forest
369.4 Wiltsey Glen Bivouac Area
370.0 Side trail leads to Rose Hollow Bivouac Area
372.7 Junction with Blue Blazed "Onondaga Trail". FLT follows blue blazed trail for 0.9 mile.
373.6 Follow Cuyler Hill Rd. Road walk next 3.4 miles.
377.0 Enter Mariposa State Forest
377.7 Paridise Garden Lean-To
383.4 Junction with blue blazed "Link Trail"
385.7 Enter Bucks Brook State Forest
387.2 Ridge Road Bivouac Area
388.2 Bucks Brook State Forest Bivouac Area
390.3 Reach and follow NY 26 for 0.3 miles
390.6 Enter Otselic State Forest at DEC Parking Area for Otselic River.
394.8 Winston Braxton Memorial Bench
396.8 Enter Pharsalia WMA
398.9 Side trail leads 0.4 miles to Perkins Pond Lean To
399.5 Side trail leads 0.1 to Johnson Pond Bivouac Area
400.0 Mile 400 is just east of the Johnson Street crossing.
400.9 Side trail leads to Lower Pond Bivouac Area
401.5 Canastawacta Creek Bivouac Area
403.0 Trail follows NY 26 for 0.4 miles
404.1 Enter Pharsalia Woods State Forest. Junction of the blue blazed Plymouth Loop Trail.
409.4 Berry Hill Fire Tower is 0.2 mile to the right
409.8 Enter McDonough State Forest
411.6 Enter Bowman State Park
413.3 Re-enter McDonough State Forest
414.8 Cross NY 220
415.3 Re-enter McDonough State Forest
415.8 Shortcut Road Bivouac Area
418.1 419.0 Side trail leads to Ludlow Creek Lean-To
425.5 Reach NY 12 and soon cross the Chenango River
430.2 Enter Basswood State Forest
433.1 Enter Wiley Brook State Forest
434.2 Side trail leads 0.1 mile to Wiley Pond Bivouac Area. Next camping is 27 miles.
440.4 Reach NY 206 and follow into Bainbridge, NY
442.3 Cross Susquehanna River on NY 206 bridge, then go under I-88
449.6 Reach and follow NY 8 to Church Street into Masonville
450.9 Masonville Creek Bridge
451.7 Enter Beals Pond State Forest
456.5 Enter Artic China State Forest
461.4 Cold Spring Lean-To
462.2 Cross NY 8 and enter Steam Mill State Forest / Barbour Brook State Forest
465.4 Dry Brook Road Bivouac Area
466.0 Dry Brook Lean-To
467.3 Reach County Route 27. Road walk for next 15 miles.
476.3 Reach and follow NY 10 for 2.5 miles. Village of Walton is 4 miles to the east.
478.4 Cross bridge over West Branch of the Delaware River.
482.8 Enter Bear Spring Wildlife Management Area
492.1 Reach NY 30 and follow for 0.4 mile. Road walk next 5+ miles.
492.5 Turn on Corbett Road and cross East Branch of the Delaware River
495.6 Enter Catskill Forest Preserve
497.7 Turn left onto Trout Pond Trail.
499.2 Campbell Brook Bivouac Area
500.0 Mile 500 is the high point of the trail while on Campbell Mountain.
500.7 Campbell Mountain Lean-To
501.8 Cross NY 206
503.5 Brock Mountain summit (2760 feet)
503.8 Flat Rock Bivouac Area
506.7 Split Rock Lookout
508.9 Mary Smith Hill summit (2942 feet)
512.0 Middle Mountain summit (2975 feet)
512.7 Beech Hill summit (2844 feet)
514.9 Cabot Mountain summit (2970 feet)
515.0 Beaverkill Vista
520.8 Alder Lake Bivouac Area
522.8 Beaver Meadow Bivouac Area
522.9 Beaver Meadow Lean-To
524.1 Highest point along Mill Brook Ridge (3480 feet)
527.0 Highest point along whole FLT (3660 feet) - just 0.2 miles from summit of Balsam Lake Mountain
527.2 Side trail leads 0.2 miles to Balsam Lake Mountain Lean-To
531.2 Beaverkill Campsite #1
531.6 Beaverkill Campsite #2
532.1 Beaverkill Campsite #3
532.5 Fall Brook Lean-To
534.3 Reach the end of Wild Meadow Road. Next 13.2 miles is on roads
539.5 Reach Claryville
540.0 Claryville Post Office
540.4 Claryville General Store
545.8 Denning Road Bivouac Area
547.4 Denning Road Trailhead
548.6 Eastern terminus of Finger Lakes Trail at the junction of the Long Path
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