The largest parcel of state lands in Schoharie County Burnt-Rossman State Forest. While containing some inholdings, consisting of hunting camps and other rural residents, this 10,588 acre parcel is massive, rural, and consists of nearly 20 miles of unimproved roads and truck trails.

Here is Burnt and Rossman Hills, the rolling flat hills in the distance on the right, as seen from Leonard Hill.

Consisting of a portion of Burnt Hill and most of Rossman Hill, it has many interesting forest tracts, with roads winding through them. The roads are dirt and rough in many places, but they take you to secretive little campsites like my favorite two sites on Betty Brook Road, the well hidden informal campsite, 100 feet CC Truck Trail, and the campsite on Duck Pond. There are also other places where people have camped in the past that are quite delightful, such as informal sites along lower Betty Brook Road.

For those who like to explore the woods, there are few lands as wild and underused as these lands. Some locals come to camp, hunt, and fish these lands, but there are many days when you can be up here are not ever run into another single person. You might see one old pickup truck or somebody riding horseback over a weekend, or you might be totally alone in complete solitude. It is a wonderful place.