Jessup River Wild Forest

The Jessup River Wild Forest (JRWF) area consists of 47,350 acres of State Forest Preserve lands in the towns of Arietta, Indian Lake, Lake Pleasant, and Wells in Hamilton County. The unit is bounded by Route 28 to the north and Route 30 in the southeast, as well as three wilderness areas: West Canada Lakes Wilderness to the west; Siamese Ponds Wilderness to the east, and Silver Lake Wilderness to the south. The state lands in this unit border, or are in close proximity to, the communities of Indian Lake, Piseco, Speculator and Wells. Route 30 bisects the unit and serves as the main access corridor. Many people enjoy hiking to the fire towers on Pillsbury and Snowy mountains, snowmobiling between Piseco Lake and Indian Lake, canoeing on Fall Stream, or camping on Mason Lake. Hunting, fishing, and trapping are also popular activities throughout the unit but particularly in and around Perkins Clearing, the Jessup River and the Miami River.

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Quiet Above Austin Falls

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One of the clearings along Old Route 8B where you can see the Sacandaga River, with I believe Rift Hill in the background. The river is wide and quiet down by where it meets up with Robb Creek.

Taken on Thursday July 23, 2020 at Jessup River Wild Forest.

Camping Up at Mason Lake Site 1

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Moving to this campsite on Sunday night, this site had decent cell service for working, plus the lake just down below. The shade kept things cool, but my only concern was a lack of sun most of the day at this campsite made it so I had to move my truck to ensure adequate power for powering my laptop at work.