Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Exploring Savoy Mountain State Forest, trying to locate two old points of interest:

1) The old snowmobile trail and connector from the Savoy Mtn 20-miler from Brown Road down to Center Road, which once crossing over Center Road would climb up to Tower 51 at Borden Mountain.

2) The Staples Burial Ground on "Cherry Hill Road", which I believe is the current Brown Road.

The trail was blown-out during an ice storm of a decade or so ago, and while I could see the remnants of the trail in part, I wasn't able to stick to it going "uphill".

I also couldn't seem to locate the burial ground either, which surprised me.

I did later find the cellar hold where the old trail connector arrived at Brown Road, and followed it southeast onto a driveway.  Someplace between this path, and the beginnings off Center Road, is the old actual connection path.

*****  I did locate the burial ground on May 5th, 2016.  See related post from that day within this blog for details and pictures.