Shindagin Hollow State Forest

07/23/2020

Updated DEC trail map for Shindagin Hollow, July 2020.

https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/64144.html

03/27/2020

If you do venture out, please be respectful of others.

12/05/2019

Many thanks to the NYS DEC Region 7 foresters and our Shindagin Hollow trail stewards for creating a really nice new recreational trails map. Visit the DEC web site to view and download.

https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/64136.html

06/03/2019

Motorized vehicles are not allowed on the marked multi-use public trail systems in DEC Region 7 state forests. Over the last month, there has been an increasing problem with this at Shindagin Hollow. The Rangers have been notified. If you see illegal activity, please report it to the DEC Division of Law Enforcement 24 hour Dispatch center at 518-418-5850. Pictures and videos are helpful too and can be sent directly to the DEC Region 7 office. The Southern Tier has received a lot of rain this Spring, and current conditions leave the Shindagin trails susceptible to long-term damage. Please be good stewards and neighbors of our public recreational lands.

09/06/2018

Notification of timber sale affecting the recreational trails at Shindagin Hollow state forest. Trails Blue 1 and 2 will be impacted starting in September due to logging operations. Logging operations should only cross recreational trails in two locations, and the trails will remain open during the timber sale. The DEC is posting signs on the trails this week. See the attached graphic for more information.

04/15/2018

Many thanks to our friends at Cycle-CNY for their forest clean up effort today! Great work!

04/05/2018

New parking lot on Braley Hill Road being constructed this week! Should help alleviate some of the roadside parking congestion. Many thanks to the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation for making this happen!

03/21/2018

Looks like some good stewardship actions from our friends at Cycle-CNY. Take a minute to read and send a quick email to the Town of Caroline in support of these suggestions.

Earlier this month Cycle-CNY leadership attended a Town of Caroline board meeting. We presented a letter outlining a partnership for the Town of Caroline and Cycle-CNY to maintain access roads, public parking, and cleanliness around Shindagin Hollow state forest. The meeting went very well and there was an active discussion about the significance of bicycling at Shindagin Hollow state forest as well as on the Caroline area roads. We also presented a signed petition requesting vehicle speed limit signs on the roads approaching Braley Hill and Shindagin Hollow Roads.

We encourage our membership to contact the Town of Caroline Supervisor at [email protected] to express your support of our actions. Some template text is provided below for your convenience:

“I support Cycle-CNY’s motion to reduce speed limits on the area roadways around Shindagin Hollow State Forest in the Town of Caroline. I feel that the currently unposted roads, with a default speed limit of 55mph, are not in alignment with safe travel though residential neighborhoods and along forest access roads. I encourage the Town of Caroline and the NYS Department of Transportation to review these roads and post a speed limit more appropriate for safe travel. Thank you for your support.”

We hope to post a similar signature petition at Brookton’s Market in Brooktondale for the next couple weeks. Many thanks to those of you who can help us push these improvements forward!

01/26/2018

Motorized vehicles are not allowed on the marked multi-use public trail systems in DEC Region 7 state forests. Over the last month, there has been an increasing problem with this at Shindagin Hollow. The Rangers have been notified. If you see illegal activity, please report it to the DEC Division of Law Enforcement 24 hour Dispatch center at 518-418-5850 . Pictures and videos are helpful too. The recent freeze-thaw cycles leave our trails very susceptible to long-term damage. Please be good stewards and neighbors of our public lands.

12/13/2017

**complete and reopened, 2/23** Notification of timber sale affecting the trails at Shindagin Hollow state forest. Red trails 2, 3, and 5 will be closed/detoured through February due to logging operations. DEC is posting signs on the trails this week. See the attached graphic for a more specific trail closure identification.

05/29/2017

Found this in Shindagin Hollow State Forest yesterday on a ride. Proof you never know what you'll find. Proof our fallen are not forgotten.