Trail Volunteers Invited to Help Build Trails at Slabsides, John Burroughs' Sanctuary in Ulster County
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With a grant from NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, the John Burroughs Association is building and restoring trails at the 200-acre John Burroughs Nature Sanctuary, Slabsides, in West Park, NY (Ulster County). Slabsides is the 1895 rustic cabin retreat of naturalist John Burroughs/ It is a National Historic Landmark and the surrounding Nature Sanctuary is designated a Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area.
Trail professional (and Trail Conference member) Eddie Walsh designed the trails that will take hikers deep into the southern portion of the Sanctuary and link up with the 600 acres that Scenic Hudson owns to the south (former West Park Winery). "It's beautiful woods with a lot of interesting features, primarily north/south ridges and sheer cliffs that Eddie has worked into the trail plan that includes a ladder at one of the cliffs." says Joan Burroughs of the association. Eddie will lead crews of volunteers every weekend through the end of June
Helping with the trails is an opportunity to be among the first to get to know these "new" woods along Black Creek.
Please sign up with joanburroughs@yahoo.com.
Directions: From NY Thruway Exit 18, New Paltz; east 5 miles on Rte 299. North on Rte 9W 3.7 miles to left on Floyd Ackert Road. Up Floyd Ackert .8 miles to left on Burroughs Drive. Proceed up hill .3 miles to parking along road at green gate. A short walk through the woods to Slabsides.
The coordinates are: N 41degrees 47.916, W 73degrees 58.555
Trail Work Schedule
Sat, May 14
Highlands Trail
sidehill construction, stone harvesting
Sun, May 15
Highlands Trail, sidehill construction
Fri, May 20
Southern Trail, sidehill construction
Sat, May 21 Slabsides Day Open House
Southern Trail, sidehill construction, finish work; stone harvesting on Highlands Trail
Sun, May 22
Southern Trail, sidehill construction, finish work; stone harvesting on Highlands Trail
Sat, May 28 Southern Trail, sidehill construction, finish work; stone harvesting on Highlands Trail
Sun, May 29
Southern Trail, sidehill construction, finish work; stone harvesting on Highlands Trail
Sat, June 4
Southern Trail Construction
Sun, June 5
Southern Trail Construction
Sat, June 11
Highlands Trail, material moving
Sun, June 12
Highlands Trail, material moving
Sat, June 18
Highlands Trail, boardwalk construction
Sun, June 19
Highlands Trail, boardwalk construction
Sat, June 25
South Pond Trail bridge construction
Sun, June 26
Ladder construction