Fox Preserve(Colonie)

Visited the 70 acre Fox Preserve, the newest Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy property on a beautiful fall afternoon.  The preserve was donated by Dr. Patricia Fox in 2015 and can be found along the south side of River Road in the town of Colonie.  An informational kiosk and trail map can be found at the parking lot.

 I took the orange marked trail, which crosses a private drive before heading southeast past a wetland.

 Shaker Creek runs close to, but not along the trail, and down off a steep bluff.  I left the marked trail to go down to get a better view.

 Looking upstream at Shaker Creek, which eventually empties into the Mohawk.

Back on the trail, the orange trail begins a climb up to a height of land, where apples littered the ground.

 Where the white trail meets the orange trail is a large meadow like area.

 A clearing provides a view north towards the Mohawk River.

 A picnic table from the river view clearing makes a perfect resting spot.

The white trail passes through former farming land.

 A very steep drop just a few yards off trail in the deep gorge cut out by Shaker Creek.

I made sure to explore all of the marked trails(both white and orange) as well as the Shaker Creek stop off trial.  Hiked about 1.2 miles total at this brand new preserve.