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B

Blueberry Hill, Washington Ave. Extension, Albany, NY
Directions: From the intersection of Rt. 155 and Washington Ave. extension, go East about 1/2 mile to first traffic light. Turn right (South) and follow the road about 1/4 mile. Park in last lot on right. (topozone map) (google maps)
Notes: no sanitary facilities

C

Camp Pinnacle, WSW of Albany, NY
Map: 1:15,000, contours 5 m, 5 color.
Preparation: updated 2005 by Mark Dominie
Directions: From I-90 in Albany, take Exit 4 onto Rt. 85 west. Follow Rt. 85 for about 11 miles and make a right onto Thacher Rd (Rt. 157). Turn left off Rt. 157 onto County Road 311 (Beaver Dam Road) and follow it up the hill; turn left at first intersection onto County Road 303 (Pinnacle Road, again uphill). (topozone map) (google maps)

11/10/07 white (PDF, 460K), yellow (PDF, 455K), orange (PDF, 560K) green (PDF, 560K) red (PDF, 560K)

Colonie Town Park, Colonie, NY (web site)
Map: 1:7500, contours 3m, 5 color, 1988.
Preparation: Re-drafted in OCAD 10/99 by Phil Hawkes-Teeter, additional fieldwork by Phil Hawkes-Teeter and Robert and Rita Reed.
Directions: From Rt. 7 (between I-787 and I-87), take Rt. 9 north for about 3 miles, then left onto Old Loudon Rd. for 0.25 miles, then left again on Schermerhorn Rd. Park entrance is about 0.75 miles on the right. (topozone map) (google maps)
Notes: The park charges $5 per car for non-residents, $2 for residents.

Crandall Park, Glens Falls, NY
Map: 1:5,000, contours 5 ft, black & white, 1990.
Directions: Take the Northway (I-87) to Exit 19. Go east on Rt. 254 for about 0.75 miles, then right on Rt. 9 for about 1.0 miles to the park entrance on the right. Follow O-signs to parking. (topozone map) (google maps)
Notes: no sanitary facilities

2/2/03 white (1350x1124, 180K), yellow (1350x1124, 180K), red & orange (1625x1124, 200K)


F

Five Rivers Environmental Education Center, Delmar, NY
Map: 5-color, 1:7500 , 3m contours
Preparation: updated by Phil Hawkes-Teeter, September 2000
Directions: (topozone map) (google maps)
  • From the Albany/Delmar city line, go southwest on Rt. 443 (Delaware Ave.) for about 4.5 miles, then right on Orchard Street. After about 0.5 miles, turn left onto Game Farm Rd. The entrance is about 0.2 miles on the right. Follow O-signs to parking.
  • From Thruway exit 23, follow signs for NY 9W South and continue to 9W/NY 32 split. Bear right onto NY 32, and continue until it ends. At the T, turn right. Turn left at first traffic light (past Bethlehem High School; this will be NY 443) and follow 443/Delaware Ave. ~1 mile. Turn right on Orchard Rd (at Five Rivers Center sign) and follow O-signs to parking.

11/13/04white, yellow (all maps approx. 1166x1561, 270K)


G

Garnet Hill, North River, NY (web site)
Map: 1:15,000, contours 5m.
Preparation: Original fieldwork Stefan Slutsky NOV 96, drawn on OCAD by Bill Jameson, updated DEC 99 by Phil Hawkes-Teeter.
Directions: From South: 1-87 to Exit 23. Follow Rt. 9 for about 5 km thru Warrensburg, then turn left onto Rt. 28. Go about 30 km, then turn left at the sign for Garnet Hill. From North: I-87 to Exit 26. Follow Rt. 9 south for 8 km, then right onto Rt. 8 for 8 km, then right onto Rt. 28 for 15 km. Follow signs for Garnet Hill. From West: I-90 to Exit 31, then NW on Rt. 8 for about 150 km, then left on Rt. 28 for 15 km. Follow signs for Garnet Hill.

blank map640x383 (75K), 1001x599 (168K), 2560x1238 (361K)
2000 US Ski-O Championships long blue 1, long blue 2, long red, long orange, short blue, short red, short orange (all maps approx. 2000x1190, 350K)
2/10/02 long (1900x1170, 355K), medium (1500x924, 249K), short (1340x790, 191K)
1/31/04 blue (1500x930, 232K), red (1425x810, 212K), green (1030x810, 157K)

Grafton Lakes State Park, Grafton, NY (web site)

Map: 1:15,000, contours 5 m, April 1992
Preparation: Basemap courtesy of the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
fieldwork by Mark Dominie, Fall 1990; drafting by Bill Jameson
Directions: From I-787 northeast of Albany, exit onto Rt. 7 toward Troy. Follow Rt. 7 east for about 6 miles, then bear right onto Rt. 278. Go 1.5 miles until Rt. 278 ends, and turn left onto Rt. 2. Follow Rt. 2 east for about 7 miles. Follow signs into the park. (topozone map) (google maps)
Notes: From Memorial Day to Labor Day a park entrance fee may apply.

K

Kinns Road Park, Clifton Park, NY
Map: 1:5,000, contours 3 m, 5 color, 1996.
Preparation: fieldwork by Eric Hamilton, John Beatty, Cynthia Johnson; cartography by Eric Hamilton
Directions: From I-87 southbound: Take Exit 10. From the exit ramp, turn right, and then immediately left onto Pierce Rd. Go 1 mile to stop sign and turn right on Kinn's Road. Park is 1.5 miles on left. From I-87 northbound: Take Exit 9. Go left on Rt. 146 under I-87 and take the first right onto Plank Road. Follow Plank Rd. until it ends and turn left on Kinns Rd. Park is 0.5 miles on left. (topozone map) (google maps)
Notes: no sanitary facilities

L

Lapland Lake Resort, Benson, NY (web site)
Map: 1:10,000, contours 6 m, color, 1998.
Preparation: Field work by Eric Hamilton and drafted with OCAD for Ski O.
Directions: From Northville go north on Route 30 for 3 miles and turn left on Benson Road. Look for Lapland Lake signs on the right about 6 miles up Benson Road.

M

Moreau Lake State Park, Moreau, NY (web site)
Map: 1:7,500, contours 5 m, 5 color.
Directions: From I-87 north of Albany, take Exit 17S to Rt. 9 south. Immediately take a right onto Old Saratoga Rd. Park entrance is 0.5 miles on right. Follow O-signs to parking. (topozone map) (google maps)
Notes: From Memorial Day to Labor Day a park entrance fee may apply.

9/16/01white, yellow, orange, green, red (all maps 2456x3453, approx. 530K)


N

Norray Farm, Berne, NY
Map: 5 colors, 1:7500, 5m contours
Preparation: Re-drafted in OCAD 3/99 by Phil Hawkes-Teeter, additional fieldwork by Phil Hawkes-Teeter.
Directions: From Altamont take Route 156 West up the hill towards Knox & Berne. Stay on 156 beyond the left turn to Thacher Park, then turn left on County Route 254 (Pleasant Valley Road). Continue 3.5 miles to Norray Farm, parking on the right (North), courses on the left (South). If you are coming from the Southwest, take NY 443 to Berne, there pick up NY 156 North towards Knox, go 1 mile, and turn right on County Route 254 (Pleasant Valley Road), and continue to the Farm. (topozone map) (google maps)
Notes: no sanitary facilities (outhouse only)

6/9/01red (approx. 2300x1785, 309KB)


P

Peebles Island State Park, Waterford, NY (web site)
Map: 1:7,500, contours 2.5 m, 5 color, 1992.
Directions: From Albany take I-787 North. After crossing Rt. 7, 787 is no longer a highway. Go about 2.2 miles north of the junction with Rt 7, and turn right at the 4th traffic light, which is Ontario St. (Rt. 470). Go 0.7 miles, then turn left on Delaware Ave just before the bridge. Registration is just under a mile, at the end of Delaware Ave. (topozone map) (google maps)
Notes: From Memorial Day to Labor Day a park entrance fee may apply.

S

Saratoga Biathlon & Competition Center, Day, NY
Map: 1:5000 contours 6 m, color, 1998.
Preparation: Original by Patrick Quinlan 1985, updated and drawn on OCAD by Eric Hamilton DEC 97 and again DEC 99, with additional fieldwork.
Directions: From Saratoga, take Route 9N north towards Corinth. Take a left onto Mosher Road (marked with a sign that says, 'Great Sacandaga Lake'). Mosher Road becomes West Mountain Road, then bear left (over six miles from Rt 9N) on South Shore Road. Follow South Shore Road one mile to a dirt driveway on the left. Saratoga Biathlon is a short distance up this driveway. (topozone map) (google maps)

blank map640x471 (38K), 1170x1024 (123K)

Saratoga Spa State Park, Saratoga Springs, NY (web site)
Map: 1:10,000, contours 3 m, 5 color, 1987.
Directions: From I-87 north of Albany, take Exit 13 and go north on Rt. 9 for about 3 miles. There are two park entrances on left, so look for O-signs and follow to parking. (topozone map) (google maps)
Notes: From Memorial Day to Labor Day a park entrance fee may apply.

Schenectady Museum Nature Preserve, Niskayuna, NY
Map: 5 color, 1995.
Directions: (topozone map) (google maps)
  • From the Northway (I 87), take exit 6, west on Rt. 7 (not 6W). After about 3.3 miles, turn right on Rosendale Rd (traffic light, across from a Stewart's convenience store). Bear left on Rosendale Rd at the bottom of the hill (River Rd. will go to the right), and continue 2 miles to Lock 7 Road (a right turn) which comes after a sharp right bend. [On Rosendale Rd. there is a parking area for the bike path which has bathrooms (which are sometimes open; if they're not, Stewart's has a public bathroom).] Follow Lock 7 Road to the second parking area, at the Lock.
  • From Schenectady, take Rt. 7 east to Mohawk Rd. (about 2.5 miles from the Crosstown) and turn left on Mohawk. Follow it to the end. Turn left on Rosendale Road, which will bend to the right. Turn right on Lock 7 road which is the the next right (where Rosendale Road bends left) and follow it to the second parking area, at the Lock.
Notes: no sanitary facilities

11/12/00selected routes (approx. 820x1025, 147K)


T

Tawasentha Park, Guilderland, NY
Map: 1:7,500, contours 3 m, 5 color, 1989 (updated 2002).
Preparation: original fieldwork July 1989 by Pat Dunlavey, Eric Hamilton, Dan Hickey, Adam Jameson, Bill Jameson, and Tom Zetterstrom, with drafting by Bill Jameson; OCAD conversion May 2002 by Janet Tryson; fieldwork June 2002 by Janet & Greg Tryson, Sue & Phil Hawkes-Teeter; field and OCAD update October 2002 by Phil Hawkes-Teeter
Directions: From the intersection of Rt. 20 and the southern end of the Northway (I-87), go west on Rt. 20 for about 5 miles, then left on Rt. 146. Park entrance is 0.75 miles on left. Follow O-signs to parking. (topozone map) (google maps)

11/9/02club championship courses: white, yellow, orange, green, red
Girl Scout courses: white, yellow
(all maps approx. 1200x1200, 160K)

(John Boyd) Thacher State Park, New Scotland, NY (web site)
Map: 1:15,000, contours 5 m, 5 color, 1993.
Preparation: fieldwork by Mark Adams 1992; drafting by Bill Jameson 1993; updated 2005 by Mark Dominie
Directions: From I-90 in Albany, take Exit 4 onto Rt. 85 west. Follow Rt. 85 for about 11 miles and make a right onto Thacher Rd (Rt. 157). Park is about 2 miles ahead. Follow O-signs to parking. (topozone map) (google maps)
Notes: From Memorial Day to Labor Day a park entrance fee may apply.

11/10/01white, yellow, orange, green, red (all maps approx. 1086x790, 160K)
routes of orange/green/red champions (approx. 1800x1300, 531K)
5/10/03white, yellow, orange, green, red (all maps approx. 1504x2274, 345K)


V

Vischer Ferry Preserve, Clifton Park, NY
Map: 5 color, 1995.
Directions: From Northway (I-87) Exit 8, go West to Van Vrankin Road, turn left (South) and go to the end. Park in lot across the intersection. (topozone map) (google maps)
Notes: no sanitary facilities

W

Washington Park, Albany, NY
Map: 1:5,000, contours 5 ft, 5 color, 1988.
Directions: From I-90 north of Albany, take Exit 4 onto Rt. 85 south. Go about 1 mile and take the exit for Western Ave. Follow Western Ave. east for about 1 mile, then bear right onto Madison Ave. Park is about 1.5 miles on the left. Follow O-signs to parking. (topozone map) (google maps)

last updated: --Tue Nov 20 2007 08:10:34 PM EST--