| Miles |
Trail Description
|
| 00.00
|
Trail bears right on Haskell Rd. and
follows blue markers up the road (paved for 1.75 miles) A trail register
and information booth is located .1 mile from the Cold Stream bridge.
|
| 05.20
|
The trail crosses Fall stream and
follows its north bank. |
| 07.65
|
The trail crosses the Jessup River.
|
| 08.00
|
An unmarked trail to the right leads
to international Paper Company access roads and NYS Rt. 30. |
| 08.60
|
The trail crosses Bloodgood Brook.
|
| 10.25
|
Spruce Lake (2,378' elev.) is on the
left with three lean-to's along the east shore. The trail continues
northeast crossing the rocky outlet of Balsam Lake. |
| 13.80
|
The trail crosses the outlet of
Sampson's Bog. |
| 15.35
|
A side trail (red markers) on the
right leads to Perkins Clearing 15.2 miles and Speculator 22.15 miles.
|
| 15.55
|
The trail crosses West Canada Creek on
a large bridge. Mud Lake (2,345' elev.) is on the right. |
| 15.70
|
West Canada Creek lean-to's |
| 16.10
|
South Lake (2,345' elev.) a pond of
.15 sq. mile is on the left. At the north shore on the left is a
lean-to. |
| 16.75
|
West Canada Lake (2,367' elev.) a
major source of West Canada Creek, is .41 sq. mile in area, high and
wild. The trail strikes its eastern end at the two lean-to's and a
cleared area (former Interior Caretaker's Headquarters) A register is
located here. A red marked trail to the left (2.55 miles) leads to Brook
Trout Lake. A lean-to is located on the east end of the lake. These
lakes and West Canada Creek are trout waters. A yellow marked trail
continues north approximately 4 miles and enters the Moose River
Recreation Area. The Northville-Placid Trail follows the blue trail
markers eastward across the clearing at the eastern end of West Canada
Lake. |
| 17.35
|
The trail skirts the north shore of
Mud Lake. |
| 18.85 |
The trail crosses the survey line of
the Totten and Crossfield Patent, first land grant in this region. |
| 20.00 |
Kings Pond Outlet is crossed with the
trail paralleling this trout water for a short distance. |
| 20.50 |
The trail crosses the inlet to Cedar
Lakes, a chain of three connected ponds .56 sq. mile in area. A lean-to
is located .50 miles to the right (yellow markers) on the north shore of
Third Lake. |
| 22.50 |
The trail crosses the channel between
Beaver Pond and Cedar Lakes and follows along the lakes' north shore. A
side trail to the right (just prior to the bridge crossing of the
channel) climbs a small bank and leads to a lean-to in about 150 feet.
|
| 22.80 |
A yellow marked side trail leads north
2.2 miles to Lost Pond and continues on approximately 8 miles to Otter
Brook Rd. and the Moose Rive Recreation Area. |
| 23.40 |
A short (.2 mile) distance upstream
from the Cedar Lakes Dam was the site of the former Cedar Lake HQ.,
where a lean-to is now located. Cedar trees were planted here and can
still be seen by the lakeshore. The dam itself is a relic of past
lumbering activity and was reconstructed by the DEC in 1967. A register
booth is located in this area. The main trail follows the Cedar River. A
trail across the dam (yellow markers), leads southeast around Noisey
Ridge. This trail continues to Perkins Clearing, 9.2 miles, and
Speculator, 16.15 miles. |
| 23.75 |
The trail swings left away from the
Cedar River and rejoins it at 25.25 miles. |
| 27.00 |
Trail junction on the right with the
Sucker Brook (red markers) trail. This trail leads eastward 7.9 miles to
Lewey Lake Public Campground and NYS Rt. 30. Colvin Brook lean-to is
located across the Cedar River 1.0 mile down this trail. |
| 28.20 |
Carry lean-to ( the head of canoe
navigation on the Cedar River Flow) is on the right. The trail follows
old roads along the north and west sides of the Flow. |
| 32.85 |
Wakely Dam (1.3 miles east of gravel
road junction). A trail register is located in the immediate area. |
