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SaveMcDonough State Forest is located 10 miles west of Norwich, in the gently rolling hills of the Allegheny Plateau. Both the Finger Lakes Trail (leaves DEC website) and the New York State Corridor Snowmobile Trail pass through the forest, and many of the unpaved town roads are ideal for mountain biking and horseback riding.
Bowman Lake State Park (leaves DEC website) adjoins McDonough State Forest, and both the Finger Lakes Trail and the snowmobile trail cross from the state forest into the State Park. Bowman Lake State Park provides camping, swimming and other developed recreational activities and facilities.
As of September 2021, Berry Hill fire tower is open to the public for recreation from sunrise to sunset. The fire tower is located just north of McDonough State Forest on Tower Road, also a section of the Finger Lakes Trail, which passes through both the state forest and park. The viewshed from the fire tower stretches into the counties of Broome, Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Otsego, and Tioga.
Bowman Lake State Park (leaves DEC website) adjoins McDonough State Forest, and both the Finger Lakes Trail and the snowmobile trail cross from the state forest into the State Park. Bowman Lake State Park provides camping, swimming and other developed recreational activities and facilities.
As of September 2021, Berry Hill fire tower is open to the public for recreation from sunrise to sunset. The fire tower is located just north of McDonough State Forest on Tower Road, also a section of the Finger Lakes Trail, which passes through both the state forest and park. The viewshed from the fire tower stretches into the counties of Broome, Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Otsego, and Tioga.
source: McDonough State Forest
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- Mountain Bike
1 trails
- Hike
8 trails
- Trail Running
7 trails
- Snowmobile
1 trails
- Snowshoe
1 trails
- Nordic Ski
0 trails
Stats
- Trails (view details)
- 8
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 1
- Trails Hike
- 8
- Trails Trail Running
- 7
- Trails Snowmobile
- 1
- Trails Snowshoe
- 1
- Total Distance
- 8 miles
- Total Descent Distance
- 5 miles
- Total Descent
- 734 ft
- Total Vertical
- 364 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 1,937 ft
- Ridden Counter
- 16
Popular McDonough State Forest Mountain Biking Trails
| status | title | difficulty | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berry Hill Firetower Road |
Activity Feed
| username | action | type | title | date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PlumbBobM | add | trail | activity #28705240 and 3 more | Apr 25, 2022 @ 5:31am Apr 25, 2022 |
Nearby Areas
| name | distance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowman Lake State Park | 1.5 km | ||||
| Ludlow Creek State Forest | 3.8 km | ||||
| The Quarry | 1 | 7.9 km | |||
| West Hill | 1 | 2 | 8.1 km | ||
| Chenango Valley State Park | 16 | 26 | 20.9 km |
Activity Type Stats
| activitytype | trails | distance | descent | descent distance | total vertical | rating | global rank | state rank | photos | reports | routes | ridelogs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Bike | 1 | 1,070 ft | 49 ft | #7,813 | 7 | |||||||
| Hike | 8 | 8 miles | 735 ft | 5 miles | 364 ft | #11,485 | 1 | |||||
| Trail Running | 7 | 8 miles | 735 ft | 5 miles | 364 ft | #10,372 | ||||||
| Snowmobile | 1 | 1 mile | 154 ft | 1 mile | 154 ft | #247 | ||||||
| Snowshoe | 1 | 2,034 ft | 7 ft | 522 ft | 43 ft | #1,395 |
- By PlumbBobM
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