If you are visiting Hammond Hill Forest on another day for recreation (not a part of a Mike or Raylene outing), you can park at the official parking lot off of Hammond Hill Rd (off Irish Settlement Rd which is off Rt. 13). Look for the "P" on the map below or park at the end of Canaan Rd. or Star Stanton Rd. (don't block snowplow turnarounds). You should avoid hiking and biking trails Y6 and Y1 near the "P" parking lot in the spring or when generally wet - those trails are soggy and get too much traffic: Please, choose an alternate route and parking area.

Image below updated by this webslinger on Feb 2005. Do a "view image" or "save image as" for a larger more detailed view. Includes the latest officially sanctioned DEC trails Y7 and Y8.  Just a reminder:  These are multi use trails as designated by NYS DEC.  They should not be considered as "ski" trails or any other single use designation. This is a friendly reminder to prompt you to be courteous to all other legal trail users when on public land. Of course it is for example polite etiquette to ski off to the side of snowshoe tracks and visa versa [lol .. couldn't resist -:) ] and yield to horses etc ... this kind of courtesy should work in all directions. Motor vehicles are prohibited on trails at Hammond Hill and NYS forested lands in general. Thanks for your understanding. Mike -:)

New DEC trail maps of Hammond Hill State Forest Multi-use trail system. -- Fall 2005

HH_Rules_Regs_120505v5.pdf 167 KB

HH_trailmapv1_150_HiRes FINAL version.pdf   1.01 MB

Here is the actual brochure NYS DEC hands out at the kiosk and to clubs Hammond_Hill_NYSDEC_Brochure_2006.pdf 383 KB

If you are visiting Hammond Hill Forest on another day for recreation (not a part of the BiskeSki group), you can park at the official parking lot off of Hammond Hill Rd (off Irish Settlement Rd which is off Rt. 13). Look for the "P" on the Hammond Hill Trails Map - or park at the end of Canaan Rd. or Star Stanton Rd. (don't block snowplow turnarounds). You should avoid hiking and biking trails Y6 and Y1 near the "P" parking lot in the spring - those trails are wet and get too much traffic: Please, choose an alternate route and parking area.