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Hike & Picnic Lunch At Chestnut Lean-To
May 11 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Johanna and Nora Brown are leading this field trip, along with their kiddos. We’ll meet at 12pm in the trail parking lot at the southern end of Comfort Road Extension, where it meets Bald Hill Road in Danby (Spencer zip code). There is a short walk along the road to reach the trail-head. The trail can be muddy in spots, and includes a small creek ford as well as a good deal of roots and rocks.
We’ll hike to the Chestnut Lean-To on a stretch of the Finger Lakes Trail, and enjoy a picnic lunch together and time to play and hang out in the woods. This is a fairly gentle, half-mile hike in the Danby State Forest, which takes about 20 minutes for hikers who like to blaze ahead, and maybe more like 40 minutes with wee kiddos in tow. The area around the Lean-To is lovely and wooded, with a nearby creek for splashing.
We’ve done this walk happily with kids of all ages, from babies in carriers to walking toddlers to mighty tweens. There is unfortunately not a wheelchair accessible path to the lean-to. The trail may not work well for folks with mobility challenges.
Please pack a picnic lunch you can easily carry with you, as well as any other supplies you need to safely enjoy your time in the woods like water, hats, bugspray, sunscreen (the leaves won’t be fully out on the trees yet!) and comfortable shoes and clothes… maybe your tree or bird ID book? Binoculars? 🙂
There is an out-house at the lean-to.
Parking lot at the very end of Comfort Rd. Extension, where it meets Bald Hill Rd. Danby, but with a Spencer Zip Code, NY 14883 United States