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Flooded Lake

This portion of the Cedar River Flow, demostrates how very much this area was once open plains, until the DEC flooded the area shortly after obtaining the land from Gould Paper Company in 1967.

Taken on Wednesday August 11, 2010 at Moose River Plains.

Rainy Day at Moose River Plains

In 2013, I was determined to get up to Moose River Plains, come hell or high water. I had bought food and supplies, I was ready to get out into the wilderness. But it rained and snowed for three days straight. But at least the black flies weren't too bad and it was pretty walking in the plains.

Taken on Sunday May 26, 2013 at Moose River Plains.

March 4, 2021 7 AM Update

Sunset Times …

  • Albany – 5:48 pm
  • Allegheny National Forest – 6:09 pm, 21 minutes later then Albany
  • Blenheim, NY – 5:51 pm, 3 minutes later then Albany
  • Dolly Sods, WV – 6:13 pm, 25 minutes later then Albany
  • Fox Lair – 5:49 pm, 1 minutes later then Albany
  • Kelly Stand, VT – 5:43 pm, 5 minutes earlier then Albany
  • Massena – 5:51 pm, 3 minutes later then Albany
  • Moose River Plains – 5:51 pm, 3 minutes later then Albany
  • Montauk – 5:42 pm, 6 minutes earlier then Albany
  • Jamestown – 6:10 pm, 22 minutes later then Albany
  • Staten Island – 5:51 pm, 3 minutes later then Albany
  • Syracuse – 5:57 pm, 9 minutes later then Albany

Views of Harvey Mountain from Lean-To

August 27, 2020 Night

Good evening! Cloudy, damp and 61 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁️ Calm wind. The dew point is 60 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around 9 am.

It was a pretty quiet day at work today, especially in the afternoon. 🀫 I worked from home all day and it rained a lot. I have a Zoom meeting tomorrow morning so I’ll probably drive down to there for a while. Watched some YouTube videos πŸ“ΌI downloaded weeks ago after work and started to read but I couldn’t get into the book πŸ“™ I got from the library. No big loss for sure.

That YouTube video on Justin Rhodes channel of the unassisted cattle birth πŸ„ really is quite amazing video to watch πŸ“Ί. I was also watching the Arms Family Homestead chase around pigs 🐽 that had gotten loose and NB88 chop down trees 🌲that were in risk of falling across his driveway πŸ’₯ during the winter. Yeah, I do watch videos sometimes but I don’t have commercials when I watch them at home 🏑 and I am sure most of commercial television is about glammer and not about shoveling poop πŸ’© or moving cows.

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers before 11pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 58 degrees at 4am. Typical for tonight. Maximum dew point of 60 at 9pm. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It became somewhat humid as the night progressed. It got down to 66 degrees. The record low of 42 occurred back in 1982.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous πŸŒ” Moon with 74% illuminated. At 9 PM, the moon was in the south (183Β°) at an altitude of 24Β° from the horizon, some 233,655 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. Plan appropriately with your Oldsmobile with its Rocket Engine πŸš€ At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by February 21st. Buckle up for safety! πŸ’Ί The Harvest 🌽 Moon is on Tuesday, September 1. The darkest hour is at 12:58 am, followed by dawn at 5:47 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:16 am in the east-northeast (76Β°) and last for 2 minutes and 59 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 4 seconds later than yesterday. πŸŒ„ The golden hour ends at 6:54 am with sun in the east (82Β°). Tonight will have 10 hours and 39 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 43 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 79 degrees at 3pm. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical day around August 26th. Maximum dew point of 65 at 10am. Another warm muggy day then cool on Saturday. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming northwest in the morning. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 85 degrees. The record high of 98 was set in 1948.

In four weeks on September 24 the sun will be setting in the west (270Β°) at 6:48 pm,πŸŒ„ which is 49 minutes and 2 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 73 and 56 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 69 and 48 degrees. The record high of 90 degrees was set back in 2017.

I remember that day well when I was at Moose River Plains.πŸ‚It was a hot day but the leaves were all past peak at the higher elevation in the plains due to the cold snap earlier in that month. Very odd year for sure that September. No hurricanes at least. πŸŒ€

Looking ahead, 6:30 Sunrise πŸŒ‡ is in 2 weeks, Constitution Day πŸ“œ is in 3 weeks, More Night then Day 🌌 is a month away, October πŸŽƒ and Harvest Moon πŸŒ• is in 5 weeks, Average High is 60 πŸ‚ is in 7 weeks, Thanksgiving πŸ¦ƒ is in 13 weeks, Buy Nothing Day πŸ›οΈ is in 3 months, 7:15 AM Sunrise βŒ›οΈ is in 15 weeks, Christmas Eve πŸŽ… is in 17 weeks, New Years Eve πŸŽ† is in 18 weeks, Coldest Week of the Year 🌬 is in 20 weeks, Wolf Moon πŸŒ• is in 22 weeks, Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day πŸ₯› is in 24 weeks, National Drink Wine Day 🍷 is in 25 weeks, and Snow Moon πŸŒ• is in 6 months.

Jones Pond in Shadow

Moose River Plains Campsites

Interactive Map of Lean-Tos and Campsites

An overview map and list of campsites and their locations at the Moose River Recreation Area.

 Moose River Plains Recreation Area

Maps

Campsites

Milepoint Name Feature Notes Access Location
Cedar River Flow 1 Cedar River Flow Tent site on flow Boat 43.702924803151, -74.4871304116533
Cedar River Flow 2 Cedar River Flow Tent site on flow Boat 43.7104737708879, -74.4802343768254
Cedar River Flow 3 Cedar River Flow Tent site on flow Boat 43.7145237017622, -74.4679264444554
Cedar River Flow 5 Cedar River Flow Tent site on flow Boat 43.7111711590583, -74.4675178486588
Cedar River Flow 6 Cedar River Flow Tent site on flow Boat 43.7084767866376, -74.4717703157492
Beaver Lake Campsite Beaver Lake Site overlooks Beaver Lake Hike 43.6516613421651, -74.7407833400961
81 Icehouse Pond Accessible site at Icehouse Pond with privy Hike 43.6646602166505, -74.7029502913239
140A Indian Lake Campsite on Indian Lake, outhouse in bad condition Hike 43.6154753632731, -74.7499942080732
East of Muskrat Pond Indian Lake Trail Former roadside campsite, largely abandoned Hike 43.645116528704, -74.696221627206
46 Lost Ponds Trail Beyond the end of current Lost Ponds Road Hike 43.6868179572109, -74.6655581886723
47 Lost Ponds Trail Above Lost Ponds Hike 43.6859472953826, -74.6722052916864
Mitchell Pond 1 Mitchell Pond Tent site, bushwhack Hike 43.6729475881673, -74.7502538624373
Mitchell Pond 2 Mitchell Pond Tent site, bushwhack Hike 43.6716991892117, -74.7432124817486
64A Mitchell Pond (Accessible Campsite at End of Gravel Trail) Gravel path to site, wildrness privy Hike 43.6706136251028, -74.7387363015355
10 89 Beaver Lake Road Off Otter Brook Road, Sand Plains Vehicle 43.6583112347181, -74.7012491214803
11 90 Beaver Lake Road Off Otter Brook Road, Sand Plains Vehicle 43.6577446555162, -74.7038760912165
16 1 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Driveway Along Tributary of Silver Run Vehicle 43.7033162602551, -74.5742148239156
16 3 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Along Silver Run Vehicle 43.7027301523306, -74.5757742464803
16 4 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Along Silver Run, driveway at Sharp S Turn Vehicle 43.7026421104662, -74.5769731929134
16 7 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Along Silver Run Vehicle 43.7040070126376, -74.5809411044503
15 10 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Old gravel pit, accessible Vehicle 43.7031498027862, -74.5893864145496
15 11 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Across from 12 Vehicle 43.702458607149, -74.5926546451668
15 12 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Across from 11 Vehicle 43.7028667147947, -74.5929833340894
15 13 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Along Silver Run Vehicle 43.7010402113051, -74.5956355707995
15 14 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Along Silver Run Vehicle 43.7010328498576, -74.597457469967
14 16 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Access Road for 16/17/18 Group Vehicle 43.7025294616695, -74.5969885248639
14 17 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Access Road for 16/17/18 Group Vehicle 43.7021028692463, -74.5966599329259
14 18 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Access Road for 16/17/18 Group Vehicle 43.7023846304313, -74.5978818600647
14 19 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Along Silver Run Vehicle 43.7003546491841, -74.5964872856253
14 21 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Across road from Silver Run Vehicle 43.6957217888458, -74.6020563094081
13 22 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Across road from Silver Run Vehicle 43.6935817523545, -74.6036764840587
13 27 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Across road from Silver Run Vehicle 43.6926540634024, -74.6082201775478
13 30 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Open Area in Woods Vehicle 43.6918525577623, -74.6118452191364
13 31 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Near Marsh off Silver Run Vehicle 43.6881856235873, -74.6271629609656
12 34 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Open Field Near Old Sly Pond Road Vehicle 43.6846954329325, -74.634678249126
12 35 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Former Sly Pond Road Vehicle 43.6836690328942, -74.6318552827363
11 38 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road On Hill Overlooking Road, near start of Lost Ponds Area Vehicle 43.6836029270341, -74.6401393590772
11 39 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Above CRLLR, start of Lost Ponds Area Vehicle 43.6841476346233, -74.6487511980121
11 40 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Above CRLLR, start of Lost Ponds Area Vehicle 43.682942162164, -74.6537793571789
11 41 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Above CRLLR, start of Lost Ponds Area Vehicle 43.681311345096, -74.6589116717693
10 42 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Above CRLLR, start of Lost Ponds Area Vehicle 43.6799039050817, -74.6646031695507
10 43 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Above CRLLR, start of Lost Ponds Area Vehicle 43.6793727911294, -74.6664156654099
10 44 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road West of Lost Ponds Road, Sand Plains Vehicle 43.678808787762, -74.6696555368193
10 50 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road West of Lost Ponds Road, Sand Plains Vehicle 43.677986610504, -74.6732025802129
10 51 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Pull-Off, Small Site, Sand Plains Vehicle 43.6775108499728, -74.6750146421403
10 52 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Old gravel pit, short loop below CRLLR Vehicle 43.6748840847288, -74.6815273754233
10 53 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Access Road for 55/54/55 Group, Sand Plains Vehicle 43.6733317629897, -74.6820452615144
10 54 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Access Road for 55/54/55 Group, Sand Plains Vehicle 43.673268538603, -74.6822820352903
9 55 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Access Road for 55/54/55 Group, Sand Plains Vehicle 43.6733705968856, -74.6827076379887
9 56 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Driveway, East of Former Dump, Sand Plains Vehicle 43.673126585883, -74.6891475571674
9 57 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Has Trail to Moose River Vehicle 43.6736673106707, -74.6902687046523
8 64 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Near Mitchell Pond Trail Vehicle 43.6757521870177, -74.707500815672
8 66 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Near Pine Creek Vehicle 43.6784203854214, -74.7068492021325
7 67 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Benedict Creek Road, Wooded Vehicle 43.6851041444828, -74.7031887110586
7 69 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Remote site, perched over the road Vehicle 43.6834516958835, -74.7168906980223
6 70 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Large loop off of CRLLR Vehicle 43.6839906014562, -74.7249870178447
6 71 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Very sandy site near Mitchells Pond Upper Loop Vehicle 43.6833776353921, -74.7321947941391
5 72 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road At end of Bear Pond Loop Road (Accessable) Vehicle 43.6828956047277, -74.7359084701559
4 73 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Very sandy site near Mitchells Pond Upper Loop Vehicle 43.6835777053685, -74.7387188889593
4 74 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road On a hill overlooking road and marshy area Vehicle 43.6839187521201, -74.742285779317
4 76 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Very sandy site near Mitchells Pond Upper Loop Vehicle 43.6864452702399, -74.7471689344191
4 77 Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road Near Red River, Bear Pond Loop, Sand Plains Vehicle 43.6897961458669, -74.7484803840413
10 58 Helldiver Pond Road Near Helldiver Pond Vehicle 43.6735979105991, -74.6920316000423
10 59 Helldiver Pond Road Near Helldiver Pond Vehicle 43.6723766419894, -74.6929318681131
10 60 Helldiver Pond Road Near Helldiver Pond Vehicle 43.6713193532923, -74.692758456613
10 61 Helldiver Pond Road Accessible site at end of Helldiver Pond Road Vehicle 43.6705019900204, -74.6921751440693
15 West of Brooktrout Trail Indian Lake Road Past Brooktrout Trail, on a hill over road Vehicle 43.6254538914434, -74.7337300739322
10 48 Lost Pond Road Sand Plains, Marshes Aroubnd Vehicle 43.6814268347573, -74.6667101324338
11 49 Lost Pond Road Sand Plains, Marshes Aroubnd Vehicle 43.6819456385478, -74.6670131106595
10 80 Otter Brook Road Has Trail to Moose River Vehicle 43.6620917920003, -74.7112181918076
11 98 Otter Brook Road Above Moose River on Hill Vehicle 43.6588725644731, -74.6966603409996
11 101 Otter Brook Road Sand Plains Vehicle 43.6564420559443, -74.6938956128147
11 103 Otter Brook Road Sand Plains Vehicle 43.657108724794, -74.6873446316172
12 104 Otter Brook Road Wooded Site Vehicle 43.6560617426567, -74.6832992891923
12 106 Otter Brook Road Wooded Site Vehicle 43.6565121581975, -74.6789913497265
13 110 Otter Brook Road Wooded Site Vehicle 43.6566072628101, -74.6733859460379
13 111 Otter Brook Road Near Otter Brook Bridge Vehicle 43.6539235327721, -74.6747718892435
23 1 Wakely Dam Camping Area Accessible site Vehicle (before gate) 43.7266767212397, -74.474100266424
23 2 Wakely Dam Camping Area Field Camping Vehicle (before gate) 43.7266515010084, -74.4733110730078
23 3 Wakely Dam Camping Area Field Camping Vehicle (before gate) 43.7259595122959, -74.473899965642
23 4 Wakely Dam Camping Area On Driveway to Lake Vehicle (before gate) 43.7260676922081, -74.4742326471903
23 5 Wakely Dam Camping Area On Driveway to Lake Vehicle (before gate) 43.7255637908987, -74.4741751228291
23 6 Wakely Dam Camping Area On Driveway to Lake Vehicle (before gate) 43.7252231337487, -74.4745830371916
23 9 Wakely Dam Camping Area Across bridge Vehicle (before gate) 43.726275356142, -74.4717840349063
23 10 Wakely Dam Camping Area Across bridge Vehicle (before gate) 43.7266308152758, -74.4712600272389
10 82 Otter Brook Road On Moose River Vehicle (driveway) 43.6603083771227, -74.7010353925305
11 84 Otter Brook Road On Moose River Vehicle (driveway) 43.6619962517853, -74.6957783254417
6 120 Natural Rock Dam Road Sand Plains near Red River Vehicle (Opens July) 43.6848543033273, -74.7664253595203
6 122 Natural Rock Dam Road Wooded Site Vehicle (Opens July) 43.684367353989, -74.7717171949716
6 123 Natural Rock Dam Road Wooded Site Vehicle (Opens July) 43.6804228755091, -74.7782951743141
6 124 Natural Rock Dam Road Wooded Site Vehicle (Opens July) 43.6792030487765, -74.7847972548314
7 125 Natural Rock Dam Road Wooded Site Vehicle (Opens July) 43.6783559964111, -74.7880327043169
7 126 Natural Rock Dam Road Wooded Site Vehicle (Opens July) 43.6748535298235, -74.790591643043
7 127 Natural Rock Dam Road Wooded Site Vehicle (Opens July) 43.6739776362472, -74.7910844137006
7 128 Natural Rock Dam Road Wooded Site Vehicle (Opens July) 43.6751413481917, -74.7924842843025
8 129 Natural Rock Dam Road Wooded Site Vehicle (Opens July) 43.6703784784539, -74.7926312803463
8 130 Natural Rock Dam Road Wooded Site Vehicle (Opens July) 43.6666270858056, -74.8019151989726
8 131 Natural Rock Dam Road Wooded Site Vehicle (Opens July) 43.6643581634434, -74.8054154753831
8 132 Natural Rock Dam Road Wooded Site Vehicle (Opens July) 43.6652083016168, -74.8036826184027
5 119A Natural Rock Dam Road Sand Plains near Red River Vehicle (Opens July) 43.6844716021433, -74.7646961785253
6 123A Natural Rock Dam Road Wooded Site Vehicle (Opens July) 43.6802422604152, -74.782965042166
6 124A Natural Rock Dam Road Wooded Site Vehicle (Opens July) 43.6785899888224, -74.7864319884685
6 125A Natural Rock Dam Road Wooded Site Vehicle (Opens July) 43.6776017274889, -74.7902229325712
7 126A Natural Rock Dam Road Wooded Site Vehicle (Opens July) 43.6756110574941, -74.7901645681643
8 129A Natural Rock Dam Road Wooded Site Vehicle (Opens July) 43.6689370211979, -74.7948887917477
8 129AA Natural Rock Dam Road Wooded Site Vehicle (Opens July) 43.6674497436753, -74.7980604042935
8 130A Natural Rock Dam Road Wooded Site Vehicle (Opens July) 43.6661052974262, -74.8016557609016
8 130AA Natural Rock Dam Road Wooded Site Vehicle (Opens July) 43.6669094078356, -74.8007390664074

Payne Mountain with Cedar River Flow Beyond It

Moose River Plains Upgrades

A decade ago Moose River Plains was a lot more diapolated than it is now it seems. While the state had invested in some of the accessible features like the new improved accessible trails to Helldiver, Icehouse, and Mitchells Pond, and the accessible campsites most of the other campsites had fallen into disrepair with outhouses and picnic tables falling apart if they existed at all.

Campsite on Moose River Plains road

In more recent years the situation has improved enormously. Most of the drive in campsites have new outhouses, fire places have largely been replaced as have picnic tables. While the original infrastructure of the Plains held up well for fifty years – much of it from the late 1960s and early 1970s, use and abuse meant it needed to be upgraded.

I’ve heard that many of the upgrades were in part done by volunteers and not the Division of Operations. But regardless, they still make for a nice area to visit and enjoy. Having a picnic table and outhouse at nearly every site is a good improvement for sure.