Finger Lakes Trail

Hike Name: Finger Lakes Trail Location: central NY Length: 563 Submitted by: Scott Bahantka Date Submitted: 8/7/08 Rating:	more New York trail reviews New York national parks New York state parks
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Description
The Finger Lakes Trail System is the main Finger Lakes Trail (FLT) from the Pennsylvania-New York border in Allegany State Park to the Long Path in the Catskill Forest Preserve. The main FLT is 562.9 miles long. There also are five branch trails and fourteen loop trails that extend from the main FLT. These branch and loop trails currently total 236.0 miles. The Trail System has been and is being built and maintained by 20 organizational and 38 individual and family trail sponsors. All of these groups and individuals are volunteers, except for personnel of the U.S. Forest Service who maintain the 12-mile-long Interloken Trail, one of the FLT System's branch trails. The Finger Lakes Trail Conference, Inc., (FLTC) was organized in 1962 to promote and coordinate the building, maintenance, and protection of the FLT System. The trail system of over 875 miles is located almost equally on private and public land. There are currently over 450 private landowners who allow the trail to be on their land.

Directions to Hike
Eastern trailhead is at the Pennsylvania- Nwe York border in Allegany State Park.
Western trailhead is in the Catskill Mountains near Claryville, NY.
Access to the trail is easily made throughout the length of the trail.

Contact Information
www.fingerlakestrail.org

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