The Bristol Hills Trail is a branch trail of the 900+ mile Finger Lakes Trail System. The trail winds over 50 miles from its northern terminus at Ontario County Park, through Naples, NY and on to it's southern terminus at the main Finger Lakes Trail / North Country Trail near Mitchellsville, NY.

The trail is marked with orange blazes and passes through three state forests, High Tor WMA as well as numerous private lands. It is due to these generous landowners that the trail is allowed to pass through their property. Be respectful of their land and stay on the trail. The Bristol Hills Trail is a great long weekend backpacking hike for those who have a shuttle.

There are a couple of sections of the trail that is closed during big game hunting season (Mid Nov-Mid Dec) and the section of trail through Camp Warren Cutler BSA has a year round restriction of NO DOGS ALLOWED.

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1BHT - Bassett Road
Italy Hill Trails
3,839 ft
2BHT - Bassett Road Closure Bypass
Italy Hill Trails
1,043 ft
3BHT - Beaver Pond
Naples
2 miles
4BHT - Bog Nature Trail
Steuben County
1 mile
5BHT - Bog View Trail
Bath
663 ft
6BHT - Camp Cutler
Camp Cutler
3 miles
7BHT - County Line
Steuben County
3,543 ft
8BHT - CR 18 Italy Valley Road
Italy Hill Trails
1,007 ft
9BHT - CR 18 Italy Valley Road Closure Bypass
Italy Hill Trails
3 miles
10BHT - CR 32 Italy Hill Road
Italy Hill Trails
407 ft
11BHT - CR 33
Naples
177 ft
12BHT - CR 33 Closure Bypass
Naples
2 miles
13BHT - CR 34 Italy Turnpike
Italy Hill Trails
1,440 ft
14BHT - CR 74
Steuben County
62 ft
15BHT - CR 75
Steuben County
3,691 ft
16BHT - CR 75 to Patch
Steuben County
1 mile
17BHT - Cutler to High Tor
Naples
5 miles
18BHT - Dunn Road
Italy Hill Trails
1 mile
19BHT - Faber Lake
Steuben County
2 miles
20BHT - Faber Road
Steuben County
3,642 ft
21BHT - Ford Road Closure Bypass
Steuben County
797 ft
22BHT - Hungry Hllow Road
Steuben County
696 ft
23BHT - Italy Hill
Italy Hill Trails
5,128 ft
24BHT - Italy Hill SF
Italy Hill Trails
3 miles
25BHT - Italy Hill to Wetmore
Italy Hill Trails
2,093 ft
26BHT - Italy Hill Waterfall
Italy Hill Trails
4,633 ft
27BHT - Lean-to Trail
Naples
394 ft
28BHT - Old Dunn Road
Italy Hill Trails
5,016 ft
29BHT - Old Dunn Road
Italy Hill Trails
2,287 ft
30BHT - Ontario Park
Ontario County Park
1 mile
31BHT - Patch Road
Steuben County
633 ft
32BHT - Patch to Tuttle
Steuben County
1 mile
33BHT - Pigtail Hollow SF
Bath
3 miles
34BHT - Prattsburg
Steuben County
3,094 ft
35BHT - Pressler Road
Steuben County
1,946 ft
36BHT - Pressler to Faber
Steuben County
3,340 ft
37BHT - Pulteney Line
Steuben County
4,403 ft
38BHT - Pulteney Road
Yates County
4,652 ft
39BHT - Pulteney Road Closure Bypass
Italy Hill Trails
3,261 ft
40BHT - Pulver Road
Italy Hill Trails
449 ft
41BHT - Steep High Tor
High Tor Wildlife Management Area
2 miles
42BHT - Sturdevant Road Closure Bypass
Steuben County
2,500 ft
43BHT - Sweeney Road Closure Bypass
Steuben County
1,158 ft
44BHT - Tuttle Road Closure Bypass
Steuben County
1,755 ft
45BHT - Two Rod Road
Steuben County
1,401 ft
46BHT - Urbana State Forest
Bath
4 miles
47BHT - Van Neff
Steuben County
1 mile
48BHT - West Italy Hill
Italy Hill Trails
2 miles
49BHT - Wetmore Road
Italy Hill Trails
121 ft
50BHT - Williams Road
Steuben County
230 ft
51BHT - Wixom Hill Connector
Steuben County
43 ft
52BHT - Wixom Hill Road
Steuben County
154 ft
53BHT - Wood Hill Road
Italy Hill Trails
2 miles
54Bristol Hills Trail
Bath
4 miles
55CR 13
Steuben County
518 ft
56East Hill Campus Trail
High Tor Wildlife Management Area
2 miles
57Grandma's Camp Trail
Steuben County
118 ft
58High Tor Blue Trail
High Tor Wildlife Management Area
3 miles
59Shay Road
High Tor Wildlife Management Area
1 mile
60Viewpoint Trail
Italy Hill Trails
1,158 ft
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