Wilcox Lake Wild Forest

Wilcox Lake Wild Forest is located in the southeastern part of the Central Adirondacks and is made up of approximately 140,000 acres of State Forest Preserve lands in Warren, Hamilton, Saratoga and Fulton Counties. Nearby communities include Stony Creek, Thurman, Bakers Mills, Day, Wells, Hope Falls, and Northville.

Wilcox Lake Wild Forest is bounded on the north by NY 8, on the east by the Hudson River, on the south by the Adirondack Park Blue Line, and on the west by NY 30. This wild forest offers many recreational opportunities, including hiking to the fire tower on Hadley Mountain, camping on Wilcox Lake, and ice fishing on Garnet Lake. With over forty-five miles of marked trails available, there are countless opportunities for hiking, skiing, and snowmobiling in the unit.

Fox Lair – LIDAR Surface Image

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Foxlair was the sweeping wilderness estate owned by the legendary cosmetics magnate Richard Hudnut that is now forest preserve. I've explored the ruins many times, and was curious to see how much of the old stairways and ruins from the LIDAR digital terrain models, but unfortunately the resolution isn't quite high enough to get a clear outline of the old estate. But you can definitely still see the outline of the old road and how bigger the modern NY 8 is today.

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Taken on Monday May 2, 2022 at East Branch Sacandaga River.

Upper Tenant Creek Falls

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First time I've ever been up to Upper Tenant Creek Falls. While this used to be a just a herd path along the river bed, in recent years it's become a well-blazed trail mostly out of the river bed. Small but pretty falls.

Taken on Saturday April 24, 2021 at Tenant Creek Falls.

Kiln

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Saturday evening I poked around the old Fox Lair Estate. One of the things I found was a couple of kilns including this one from the tannery, I believe.

Taken on Saturday May 2, 2020 at East Branch Sacandaga River.

Tenant Creek ATV Trail

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This is beyond the forest preserve boundary, somewhat past the end of the official blazed Tenant Creek Trail, following a herd path. Not sure if this even is a public road, it doesn't appear on the SAM (state address management) map, but is on some topographic maps.

Taken on Saturday April 24, 2021 at Tenant Creek Falls.