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From Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse: Take Thruway (I-90) East to Exit 36, Junction I-81. Take I-81 South to the Whitney Point exit. Take Rte 206 East to Beech Hill Rd (Cty Rte 20). and follow it to the park. From Albany: Take Thruway (I-90) West to Schenectady exit 25A. Take I-88 west to Bainbridge exit. Take Rte 206 East to Beech Hill Rd. (Cty Rte 20) and follow it to the park. From New York: Rt.17 north to exit 84 at Deposit. North on Rt.8 for three miles. Left on County Road 20, follow nine miles to park. From Binghamton: Take Rte 88 East to Bainbridge. Take Rte 206 East approximately 5 miles to Beech Hill Rd. (Cty Rte 20). and follow it to the park.
We rented the cottage for an extended weekend, and it was beautiful. There were a decent amount of trails, a sizeable lake to paddle around or fish. All kinds of wildlife, you name it. The park staff were super helpful, even when we showed up a day before their campsites were open, they let us know a beautiful dispersed camping spot to spend the first night. The only downside, if you want to call it that, is that there's no cell service in the park. I liked being able to disconnect. The costs were very fair, and I would drive 6 hours there to getaway again any time.
My kids and I are doing the 12 broome county trails... this was our second trail off the list. It was not easy to find the start of the trail so we ended up doing part of the yellow and red trail before settling on the blue trail. We ended up doing just under 3 miles. There's lots of black berry bushes along the trail that the kids ate. The trail is mushy so strongly suggest wearing hiking boots not sneakers like us 😬😄... but tons of fun.
So sad. A really great park. So it melts down to gentrification and then closure after closure. The lack of funding cannot be a legitimate excuse for the deterioration and negligence. So please tell us now how this scam will play out. If that park is allowed to continue unchecked on it's present course sooner or later they'll close it and privatization will take place. I think that's what they're looking for. Stealing that which we all in part paid for will soon be gone. Please bring back the good things that this latest generation of miscreants have lost. Our pavilions, the Commissary by the beach. We've been scammed. Sure it's free now. But it is because they have made it not worth the cost of admission in it's presentcondition. Let's blame it on the feds. Because in the name of security they have done more damage here in the United States than the criminal element ever did to destroy this beautiful icon.
People on floatation devices harassing people fishing. Threats against each other and I really don't care if it's real or fake. It's something you didn't see before now!
I complained for sure.
I took my Grandson hiking. The trail was easy to find. We didn't see any wildlife but we did find lots of places for the 5 year old to run and jump.
There is a small stream with a bridge and he stopped and listened. He thought the sound was cool.
The camping area was closed, but the beach was open. Picnic tables are in abundance.
