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Kayaking Woodhull Lake

To get to Woodhull Lake, you have to take McKeever Road from NY 28 in McKeever (1/2 mile before it crosses the Moose River, then drive back about 6 miles on a dirt truck trail known as Wolf Lake Landing Road. You put in at Wolf Lakes Landing, which is named after one of the lakes that Woodhull Lake covered when it was dammed up to form a larger lake to provide water supply to the Erie Canal.

 Woodhull Lake

While the road is fairly well maintained one-lane gravel truck trail, one creek crossing is a bit eroded from the rains of 2011. There are roughly 6 designated roadside campsites along the road, with minimal to no facilities that you can camp at. You can drive all but an 1/8th of a mile up to Woodhull Lake, where the road is gated off, from there you have to carry your kayak or canoe to the lake on the gravel road. Consider using wheels on your kayak to assist on this portage.

Here is a map of Woodhull Lake. Consider clicking on it, for a high-resolution map that you can print up, put in a plastic bag and use on the trip like I did. It works really well like this, and I think this map prints out to be nice and high resolution, especially if you have a color printer.

Heading Out to Woodhull Lake

Beautiful Morning Out

Camp

Boulder Sticking Up in Lake

Past Remsen Point

Trees on Remsen Point

Big Island

Boulders in the Lake

Another nice evening in America's most ethical capital

Big Island

Reflections

Passing Under a Low Tree

Motor Boat

North Side of Lake

Parked at Woodhull Lean To

Inside Woodhull Lean-To

Large Lean-To

Lean-To from Lake

Remsen Falls Trail

Intersection of Woodhull Mountain Trail and Remsen Falls Trail

Wilcox Lake

Campsite 1 at Remsen Falls

East on Middle branch of Moose River

Above Remsen Falls

Campsite 2 at Remsen Falls

Remsen Falls

The Falls

Falls

Along Moose River

Whitewater at Falls

Water

Decent Picnic Table at Campsite 2

Remsen Falls Signs

Later in Evening On Lake

Island on the Lake

Behind the Island

Trees on Island

Exploring Back of Island

Clouds in Evening

Clouds in Evening

Doe and Fawn on Lake

Keeping an Eye on Me

Another Island

Reflections

Cheney Pond

Cheney Pond Road is a dirt road off of Boreas Road, about 15 miles east of Newcomb. It is a rough road, with the pass year’s washouts, don’t try it without a truck. It will take you a rather pretty lake and damed up river you can paddle around.

Washed Out Section of Cheney Pond Road

Here is a printable map you can click to see full size then download.

Good morning from camp!

And now down as Cheney Pond…

Towards Sand Pond Mountain

If you want to spend the night, you can roadside camp at a site with a picnic table and outhouse, tent camp at an “informal” campsite with a fire pit near the lean-to or camp in the lean-to. None of the campsites at Vanderwhacker Wild Forest have “Camp Here Disks”.

Road Campsite at Cheney Pond

Cheney Pond Lean-To

Heading out on the lake in the kayak…

Back Out at Cheney Pond

Along Edge of Cheney Pond

Cheney Pond Outlet

Sandy Bank of Cheney Pond

Exploring Marshy End of Cheney Pond

Looking Up at the Clouds

Looking Towards the High Peaks

Across Cheney Pond

Back Out at Cheney Pond

Flat Edge of Lester Flow

East on Cheney Pond

Setting Sun at Cheney Pond

Heading Back As Darkness Approach