Gull Lake is a 3.5 mile hike from the Bear Creek Parking Area at the Wild Forest Boundary. Alternatively, with a 4x4 truck or ATV and a dry season, you can drive almost to the shoreline of the Gull Lake on a series of designated truck trails.
http://www.cnyhiking.com/GullLake.htm
http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/75310.html
Looking at this 3D rendering of the Black River Valley, I never realized how nearly all the agriculture is on the west side of valley, climbing up into the Tug Hill Plateau. I am most of that has to do with the soils -- the east side is very sandy and infertile with a lot of timber stands. This picture starts around Boonville and heads north of Lowville, the town that rhythms with cow-ville for good reason.
