The next Hike Chester Hike will be on Patriot’s Path on Saturday May 17, 2014 at 9:00AM. We will meet at the hunter’s parking lot at the intersection of Furnace Road and Tanners Brook Road. We will leave some cars there and drive to Schooley’s Mountain Park where the hike will start.
The route consists of several stretches, all of which have white blazes:
- From the parking in Schooleys Mountain Park to the Overlook (maintained by Joanne and George Bowden);
- From the Overlook to the parking lot on Fairview Ave
- (maintained by Dennis Daly);
- Columbia Trail from Fairview Ave to the exit for Palmer Park
- (maintained by Jean Haggas);
- Columbia Trail to Tanners Brook Road (maintained by Brian Coan
- and Teun Ott, this stretch passes through the parking lot of
- Palmer Park on Bartley Road);
- Short roadwalk on Tanners Brook Road to the hunter’s parking lot.
There is the option of extending the hike by continuing east on the Patriot’s Path past Tannersbrook Road, to the old Railroad Bridge over the Black River, or even to the site of the old Furnace, and then backtracking to Tanners Brook Road. That stretch is maintained by Bruce Clark.
If you plan to join the hike please email Teun Ott to let him know: teun@teunisott.com .
