Trail Reroute

The reroute is complete! From Rick Fenton, Supervising Forrester for the New York Department of Environmental Conservation:

The route is done and mostly marked. Just need to get the signs up at intersections. Going north, it goes 0.7 miles past Wakely Dam before entering the woods (left) on an old road. This was a cleaner route with limited construction time than the old road off the Wakely Mt. trail. We may switch over in the future.

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Old Information

(Thankfully, the information below – and the DEC NOTICE – no longer apply)

The section of the trail that crosses the property known as “McCanes” has been purchased by John Macaluso and the trailhead there is now closed to all day and sectional hikers. Parking is strictly forbidden and State Police will enforce ‘No Trespassing’ signs and will look for illegally parked cars.

Mr Macaluso has decided to grant access to thru-hikers of the Northville-Placid trail, but you MUST be a thru-hiker. You can not start a hike from this property, you can not have a car drop you off near this property, and you absolutely can not park your car near the property.

Despite what the signs might say, it is NOT necessary to contact this property owner as long as you are on a distance hike.

Please abide by these requests and enjoy your thru-hike