10/24/24

If you notice any damage or hazardous areas not listed below, please report to info.r5@dec.ny.gov.

East Central

• Essex Chain Lakes Complex: The gates on both the Camp Six Road in Newcomb and the Chain Lakes Road South in Indian Lake are open for seasonal hunting access. Both roads are rough but passable, requiring high clearance vehicles. 

Eastern

• Split Rock Mountain Wild Forest: Lakeshore Road is now open (after being closed previously for maintenance).

Southwestern

• Pigeon Lake Wilderness: Shallow Lake Bridge is complete, although the trail is very wet beyond the bridge.

10/17/24

• Blue Mountain Wild Forest: Township 20 Conservation Easement – Minerva Club Road is open for the season. Pickwickett Pond Road (access to Fishing Brook) is closed to passenger vehicles due to bridge damage. Non-motorized uses, except hunting/trapping, are permitted to the previously accessible parking area at Fishing Brook.
• Lake George Wild Forest: Campsites 1 & 2 in the Hudson River Special Management Area are now reopened following repairs. Campsites 3 & 4 (Pike’s Beach) remain closed. The MAPPWD routes remain open for access to the river.