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.

Route 8

The modern routing of NY 8 is relatively straight but it has no shortage of little hills along it's routing.

Taken on Saturday April 18, 2020 at East Branch Sacandaga River.

Swimming Hole

I bet this location along the remains of the old Fox Lair camp is an excellent swimming hole, assuming there is enough water in the East Branch which often gets very dried up come hot and dry summer days.

Taken on Saturday April 18, 2020 at East Branch Sacandaga River.