Final Trails Plan...uses including hiking, biking, cross country skiing and snowshoeing. "Improve...
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460 GOLF COURSE Dead Man's Point Lakeview Tulip Hill Hillside Clubhouse George Tayl o r Roa d Minoa Lakes Golf Course Entrance Ol d Eri e Can a l T owpa t h Main Entrance Maintenance Area Park Office and Park Police Education Center and Reserve Shelter Pine Woods Campground Day-Use Area / Campground Golf Course Maintenance Old Erie Canal State Park Manlius Center Li m e s ton e Cre e k P i e r s o n R o a d B ishop Br o o k Po ol s B r o o k Reservoir Cabin Colony Capital Facilites Construction Crew Headquarters Round Lake Green Lake Disk Golf Area Cedar Grove Beach Picnic Area Rolling Hills Campground G o l d e n H e i g h t s S h a d y L a n e DR FC FH BK FH OL VA DR OL FR VC IN OG OG BS RI RH RH LC SC RL RL IN RC OG NC GL GL WH YJ Day Use Trailhead Green Lakes State Park Final Trails Plan Map produced by NYSOPRHP-GIS Unit, May 25, 2010. Designated Trails Trail ID Name Blaze Miles BK BS IN DR FH FC GL OG OL FR RH RL VA NC/SC LC GC WH YJ RI RC VC Rolling Hills Connector Yellow 0.17 Yellow Jacket N/A 0.16 White White 0.37 Vista Green 1.41 Vista Connector N/A 0.15 Round Lake Red 0.92 Ridge N/A 0.60 Rolling Hills Yellow 1.84 Fawn Run N/A 0.47 Overlook Red 1.02 Old Growth Orange 2.86 North/South Connector Yellow 0.16/0.14 White Lake Connector 0.15 Golf Course Connector White 0.08 Green Lake Blue 1.84 Farmers Hill Connector N/A 0.54 Farmers Hill Blue 1.43 Deer Run Yellow 2.12 Indian Ovens Black/White 0.82 Brookside Blue 0.90 Black Black 0.86 General •Maintain the trail system for designated uses including hiking, biking, cross country skiing and snowshoeing. •Improve trail signage including trailhead and trail intersection signage throughout the park to enhance the visitor experience and increase patron safety. •Implement water management techniques to maintain a sustainable trail system. •Expand interpretive programming along trails. •Continue and expand coordination with volunteer groups for the development and maintenance of the trail system. •Perform an updated assessment of trail locations following up on the 1998 Pilot Multiple-use Trail Program and 1999 report. •Develop a long-term maintenance and monitoring plan to ensure continued sustainability of the trail system. Winter Trails •Continue to allow cross country skiing and snowshoeing on designated trails throughout the park. •Install signage along winter trails to improve visitor circulation and trail user etiquette. Brookside Trail •Upgrade the existing trail to reduce impacts to natural resources and improve visitor experience. •Improve grading and drainage. Farmers Hill Connector Trail •Develop a trail to connect the Old Growth and Farmers Hill Trails. •Close the Powerline Trail and the upper portion of the Hernia Hill Bypass Trail. Indian Ovens Trail •Extend the Indian Ovens Trail to provide a loop connection to the Old Growth Trail. •Close the Powerline Trail. Old Growth Trail •Reroute Old Growth Trail off of maintenance loop road. Lake Trails •Improve storm water management techniques above and along the Lake Trails to reduce impacts to the natural resources. •Enhance vegetative buffers along lake edges to stabilize soil. •Install Signage and improve bank stabilization at Dead Man's Point to protect sensitive resources •Assess options for upgrading/ re-grading the Green Lake Trail to meet accessibility guidelines. •Assess and consider alternate surfacing options for both lake trails. Connections to Education Center/ Reserve Shelter •Develop sustainable signed connectors from the Center/Shelter area to the trail system. •Close the trail along the ridge. Picnic Areas •Develop sustainable signed connectors between the picnic areas and the Green Lake Trail. •Close undesignated trails. External Connection •Maintain the connection with the Old Erie Canal Towpath. Rolling Hills Trail •Upgrade western section of Rolling Hills Trails to alleviate persistent wet conditions. •Re-align the eastern section of the Rolling Hills Trail with development of the new location for the Rolling Hills Campground. Short-term •Develop a temporary day-use/trailhead gravel lot to improve access to the trail system. Ridge Trail •Upgrade and designate the Ridge Trail to improve visitor circulation and protect natural resources. Long-term •Develop a day-use/trailhead area in the existing location of the Rolling Hills Camping Area. Western Trails •Improve access and promotion of the trails in the western portion of the park. •Designate additional trails to improve connections and increase loop opportunities. •Reroute the Vista Trail out of the ravine area. •Re-align some trail sections to provide more sustainable grades. •Develop an accessible loop trail from the future (long-term) day-use area. •Close undesignated trails. 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.1 MILES Legend Green Lakes State Park other state park land golf course buildings wetland beach lakes/ponds Old Erie Canal Towpath roads powerline brook/canal/creek parking hiking / biking trail hiking trail connector trail emergency entrance restroom
Transcript of Final Trails Plan...uses including hiking, biking, cross country skiing and snowshoeing. "Improve...
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G O L F CO U R S E
Dead Man'sPoint
Lakeview
TulipHill
Hillside
Clubhouse
George Taylor R
oad
Minoa Lakes
Golf Course Entrance
O l d E r i e C a n a l T o w p a t hMain Entrance
MaintenanceArea
Park Office and Park Police
Education Centerand Reserve Shelter
Pine WoodsCampground
Day-UseArea / Campground
Golf CourseMaintenance
Old Erie CanalState Park
ManliusCenter
Limest
one C
reek
Pier
son
Ro
ad
Bishop Brook
Pools Br ook
Reservoir
Cabin Colony
Capital FacilitesConstruction Crew
Headquarters
Round Lake
Green Lake
Disk GolfArea
CedarGrove
BeachPicnic Area
Rolling HillsCampground
Gold en H ei gh ts
Shad y L ane
DR
FCFH
BK
FH
OL
VADR
OL
FR
VC
IN
OG
OG
BS
RI
RH
RH
LC
SC
RL
RL
IN
RCOG
NC
GL
GL
WHYJ
Day UseTrailhead
Green
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Fina
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Designated Tra ilsTrail ID Name Blaze Miles
BKBS
IN
DR
FHFC
GL
OGOL
FR
RH
RLVA
NC/SCLC
GC
WHYJ
RI
RC
VC
Rolling Hills Connector Yellow 0.17
Yellow Jacket N/A 0.16White White 0.37
Vista Green 1.41Vista Connector N/A 0.15
Round Lake Red 0.92Ridge N/A 0.60Rolling Hills Yellow 1.84
Fawn Run N/A 0.47
Overlook Red 1.02Old Growth Orange 2.86North/South Connector Yellow 0.16/0.14
WhiteLake Connector 0.15
Golf Course Connector White 0.08Green Lake Blue 1.84
Farmers Hill Connector N/A 0.54Farmers Hill Blue 1.43
Deer Run Yellow 2.12
Indian Ovens Black/White 0.82
Brookside Blue 0.90Black Black 0.86
General•Maintain the trail system for designated uses including hiking, biking, cross country skiing and snowshoeing.•Improve trail signage including trailhead and trail intersection signage throughout the park to enhance the visitor experience and increase patron safety.•Implement water management techniques to maintain a sustainable trail system.•Expand interpretive programming along trails.•Continue and expand coordination with volunteer groups for the development and maintenance of the trail system.•Perform an updated assessment of trail locations following up on the 1998 Pilot Multiple-use Trail Programand 1999 report.•Develop a long-term maintenance and monitoring plan to ensure continued sustainability of the trail system.
Winter Trails•Continue to allow cross country skiing and snowshoeing on designated trails throughout the park.•Install signage along winter trails to improve visitor circulation and trail user etiquette.
Brookside Trail•Upgrade the existing trail to reduce impacts to natural resources and improve visitor experience.•Improve grading and drainage.
Farmers Hill Connector Trail•Develop a trail to connect the Old Growth and Farmers Hill Trails.•Close the Powerline Trail and the upper portion of the Hernia Hill Bypass Trail.
Indian Ovens Trail•Extend the Indian Ovens Trail to provide a loop connection to the Old Growth Trail.•Close the Powerline Trail.
Old Growth Trail•Reroute Old Growth Trail off of maintenance loop road.
Lake Trails•Improve storm water management techniques above and along the Lake Trails to reduce impacts to the natural resources.•Enhance vegetative buffers along lake edges to stabilize soil.•Install Signage and improvebank stabilization at Dead Man'sPoint to protect sensitive resources•Assess options for upgrading/re-grading the Green Lake Trail to meet accessibility guidelines.•Assess and consider alternate surfacing options for both lake trails.
Connections to Education Center/Reserve Shelter•Develop sustainable signed connectors from the Center/Shelter area to the trail system.•Close the trail along the ridge.
Picnic Areas•Develop sustainable signed connectors between the picnic areas and the Green Lake Trail.•Close undesignated trails.
External Connection•Maintain the connection with the Old Erie Canal Towpath.
Rolling Hills Trail•Upgrade western section of Rolling Hills Trails to alleviate persistent wet conditions.•Re-align the eastern section of the Rolling Hills Trail with development of the new location for the Rolling Hills Campground.
Short-term•Develop a temporary day-use/trailhead gravel lot to improve access to the trail system.
Ridge Trail•Upgrade and designate the Ridge Trail to improve visitor circulation and protect natural resources.
Long-term•Develop a day-use/trailhead area in the existing location of the Rolling Hills Camping Area.
Western Trails•Improve access and promotion of the trails in the western portion of the park.•Designate additional trails to improve connections and increase loop opportunities.•Reroute the Vista Trail out of the ravine area.•Re-align some trail sections to provide more sustainable grades.•Develop an accessible loop trail from the future (long-term) day-use area.•Close undesignated trails.
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M I L E S
Legend
Green Lakes State Parkother state park landgolf coursebuildings
wetland
beachlakes/ponds
Old Erie Canal Towpath
roadspowerline
brook/canal/creek
parking
hiking / biking trailhiking trail
connector trail
emergency entrancerestroom
