Cedarlands

[fvrwld]

This article was in Sunday's Times Union.

Cedarlands is a large parcel of land purchased by the state. Unfortunately it seems to be landlocked by private land whose ownes don't want to grant access. Does anyone know more about this? Is there lake access?

[lumberzac]

I went to Boy Scout camp there. If it is the same land as the camp, you can access it by boat from Long Lake.

[Backpacker]

This is Ceaderlands Scout Reservation. The land was purchased for conservation easement rights. There are only two trail that I'm aware of. One to the top of what the scouts call Mt Master, which over looks lake McRorie. "
This is a great view " The othe trail crosses three peaks and the scouts call this the sky line trail. There is a hunting club that also has rights to the lake and surounding land. Or at least use too? The land around the scout camp is off limits to the public, McRorie has no boat launch and to my knowladge the state is not building one. The land is accessible by Long lake but McRorie Lake and Scout pound is not accessible by boat. I'm a scout master for my local troop, I haven't been to Ceaderlands in a couple years.


Backpacker

[Creekwader]

I went to Boy Scout camp there. If it is the same land as the camp, you can access it by boat from Long Lake.

Yeah, I remember marching down some dirt roads to the lake where they had the rock climbing wall setup. I remember watching smallmouth bass swimming around the ledges down at the lake.

That was one of the best weeks of my life.

Discovered an enormous garter snake under a rock on Mt. Masters. Found a luminescent rotten stump, put some in a bag and hung it in our tent as a light. Didn't throw off much light but was cool anyway. Learned to tie flies (first fly=mickey finn) on that trip, a skill that I still use today. Attempted to use snares baited with sunfish entrails to catch a racoon (coon stole the bait).

How about that mountain at the north end of McCrory lake? That was a neat climb. You can see that range from the upper end of long lake.

Great country in there.