Day: August 1, 2025💾

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Map: Belfry Mountain Firetower
Thematic Map: Pennsylvania Wilds Overlaid Over Adirondack Park
Map: Grass River - Tooley Pond Area

North Syracuse – DOT Traffic Counts

At 28,176 AADT, Interstate 81 through North Syracuse is the area's busies highway, although a lot of traffic filters off of Interstate 81 to NY 481 to US 11 to get to the various suburban shopping mauls and Drivers' Village. South Bay Road, where it parallels Plank Road is relatively quiet. Generally warmer colors to purple are more trafficked, click on the roads to pull up full traffic data.

Thematic Map: Average Hottest Day of the Year in NYS 2006-2020

Pine Creek Gorge

Notice the numerous large switchbacks the roads make as they wind around the deep gorges that extend out from the Pine Creek Gorge.

Map: Cole Hill State Forest