Perkins Clearing and Speculator Tree Farm Conservation Easement Lands 📍

The Perkins Clearing/Speculator Tree Farm Conservation Easement Lands span 40,000 acres near Speculator, divided into the 14,332-acre Perkins Clearing Tract and the 21,648-acre Speculator Tree Farm Tract. Access is allowed with limitations due to private ownership, active logging, and leased cabins. Public recreation is permitted within special guidelines — camping only at designated sites, certain trails and roads may be closed for logging — look for signs that designate use.

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Made it to Hobart

Andy | July 22, 2023

Bicycling the Catskill Scenic Trail from Grand Gorge to Stamford to Hobart and maybe a bit further south though time is tight.

Saturday July 22, 2023 — Perkins Clearing and Speculator Tree Farm Conservation Easement Lands — Jessup River Road - Perkins Clearing - Campsites and Mason Lake Access 🗺 — Kunjamunk Cave 🗺 — Old Route 8B - Austin Falls - Robbs Creek - Camping 🗺— PDF with All Maps 📚

Map: Tug Hill State Forest (Inman Gulf Area)

Looking Out the Kunjamunk Cave

Andy | June 10, 2023

It's remarkable how big the cave really is -- even I could stand up easily once I was in the cave.

Sunday June 6, 2021 — Kunjamuk River, Kunjamunk Bay, Sacandaga River

Thematic Map: Percentage of Municipality Forested

Murphy Farm

Andy | October 17, 2022

As seen along the Catskill Scenic Trail. They had some very big and noisy geese on that farm that were quacking up a storm as I walked past on the rail trail.

Monday October 11, 2021 — Perkins Clearing and Speculator Tree Farm Conservation Easement Lands — Jessup River Road - Perkins Clearing - Campsites and Mason Lake Access 🗺 — Kunjamunk Cave 🗺 — Old Route 8B - Austin Falls - Robbs Creek - Camping 🗺— PDF with All Maps 📚