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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Map: Overview of Lean-Tos in New York State Forests
Map: Mountain House Trail and North Mountain
Map: Severence Hill Trail

Bug tent 🎪

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Lit all up for another black fly season. Unfortunately the wind picked up, knocked over my lantern and shattered that so it will be darker tonight as checking my truck I don't have an extra. As much as I don't like the bugs the tent is pretty when it's lit on up. 

Thursday May 13, 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 🗺
Map: Black Pond Wildlife Management Area

Exploring Robb Creek Mill Road

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On Saturday, I walked around the Speculator Tree Farm, hiking 13 miles on dirt roads. While nothing that remarkable, these roads were quiet and there was much wildlife to see in these managed timberlands.

Saturday May 15, 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 🗺
Thematic Map: Albany County Population Density - 3D Rendering