Visited 22 acre Wachoosik Park today, Rensselaer County's newest park located in the town of Nassau. The official ribbon cutting occurred earlier this morning, meaning I was lucky enough to be one of the very first people to visit here.
Hard work put in by the town and volunteers on these trails is evident, such as this well built foot bridge.
Calico Brook, a small, babbling stream meanders its way throughout these woods.
I took the red and white loop trails, which pass by handsome old stone walls and mixed forest. The red trail is the perimeter loop, which covers about 7/10 of a mile, The white trail forms an interior loop and traverses about a half mile.
There are three small stream crossings and a little bit of climbing in the woods, but all very easy and pleasant.
It's so nice to have a local spot to explore as this park is less than 5
minutes from my house. The only drawback I could find is that the
sounds of traffic from busy Route 20 are a constant. Covered about 1.2 miles on a beautiful, bug free Saturday evening. A big thank you to David Fleming and the town of Nassau for making this happen!!!
I have been watching for this to open. Looks like a nice place to take my old Husky for a walk in the woods. Thanks for the write up.
ReplyDeleteHi there! This is a perfect place for a quiet walk in the woods. I'm a local and drive by this park several times a day and rarely see any cars there. A great place to walk the husky!
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