Wilcox Lake Wild Forest
The Wilcox Lake Wild Forest is located in the southeastern area of the Adirondack Park and is made up of approximately 140,000 acres of Forest Preserve lands in Warren, Hamilton, Saratoga and Fulton Counties. Nearby communities include Stony Creek, Thurman, Bakers Mills, Day, Wells, Hope Falls, and Northville. The unit is generally bounded on the north by State Route 8, on the east by the Hudson River, on the south by the Adirondack Park Blue Line, and on the west by State Route 30. The unit offers many recreational opportunities, including hiking to the fire tower on Hadley Mountain, camping on Wilcox Lake, and ice fishing on Garnet Lake. With over forty-five miles of marked trails available, there are countless opportunities for hiking, skiing, and snowmobiling in the unit.
Wilcox Lake Draft Unit Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement, December 2006:
- Entire Plan (28.2 Mb pdf - This file is very large and may take a long time to download or even cause some computers to crash).
Plan Parts:
- Preface to Section VII (Appendices) (877 kb pdf)
- Appendix A (Reserved for Draft Public Comments) - Appendix E (Natural Heritage Program Elements) (372 kb pdf)
- Appendix F (Breeding Bird Atlas and Wildlife Information) (923 kb pdf)
- Appendix F (Spruce Grouse Map) (342 kb pdf)
- Appendix G (Trail Classification Systems) - Appendix K (Discussion: Access for Persons with Disabilities) (108 kb pdf)
Appendix L (Maps: Community Snowmobile Access)
- Appendix L (Warrensburg to Speculator Connection - East) (1.6 Mb pdf)
- Appendix L (Warrensburg to Speculator Connection - West) (1.5 Mb pdf)
- Appendix L (Wells to Northville Connection) (1.6 Mb pdf)
Appendix M (Maps: Individual Management Actions)
- East Stony Creek CP3 Route (649 kb pdf)
- Baldwin Spring CP3 Route and Old Armstrong Road Snowmobile Trail (997 kb pdf)
- Kidder Brook, Pumpkin Hollow, Round Pond and NYS Route 8 Snowmobile Trails (995 kb pdf)
- Murphy-Middle-Bennett Lakes and Wilcox Lake - Willis Lake Snowmobile Trails (712 kb pdf)
- Moose Mountain and Rand Mountain Foot Trails (642 kb pdf)
- Appendix N (Snowmobile Plan Briefing Document) - Appendix W (Invasive Plants BMP) (103 kb pdf)
- Appendix V (Invasive Plant Location Map) (13.5 Mb pdf)
- Appendix X (Existing Facilities Map) (932 kb pdf)
- Appendix Y (Post UMP Facilities Map) (935 kb pdf)
- Appendix Z (Hydrology Map) (771 kb pdf)
- Appendix Z (Wetlands Map) (1.1 Mb pdf)
