Appalachian Trail: Old Albany Post Road to NY 301
Cruise past 230-year-old homestead foundations and old roads used by troops during the Revolutionary War on this 8.5-mile dayhike.
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Shelters: None
Trail Facts
- Distance: 13.7
Waypoints
WPT033
Location: 41.4115676879883, -73.8807678222656
Cross Catfish Loop Trail (red blaze)
WPT052
Location: 41.4305648803711, -73.8503494262695
Sunk Mine Rd.
ZZZ055
Location: 41.4533195495606, -73.8365097045898
AT crosses NY 301 at Canopus Lake. Blazes continue W. Clarence Fahnestock State Park. Views of the Canopus Lake; camping NE on road, or continue L on AT. Note: Tough to find white blazes
ZZZ045
Location: 41.3789329528809, -73.8962020874024
Old Albany Post Rd./Chapman Rd.
WPT048
Location: 41.3875999450684, -73.8806304931641
Water source
WPT050
Location: 41.3996315002441, -73.8767166137695
South Highland Road
WPT053
Location: 41.4435653686523, -73.8442993164062
Lakes Trail
WPT051
Location: 41.420783996582, -73.868766784668
Water
WPT042
Location: 41.4204483032227, -73.8690643310547
Dennytown Rd.
WPT049
Location: 41.3875350952148, -73.8791656494141
Canopus Hill Road
WPT054
Location: 41.4458503723144, -73.8436965942383
Reroute of the Old Mill Trail