Syracuse.com - DEC opens new year-round, multi-use trail through Moose River Plains Wild Forest

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It will be open for snowmobiling in the winter, and mountain biking and hiking in the summer.

The following is a DEC press release:

A 12.8-mile multiple use trail connecting the communities of Inlet and Raquette Lake through the Moose River Plains Wild Forest in Hamilton County is now open for public use, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens announced today.

The trail will provide four seasons of recreational opportunities for the public to snowmobile, hike and bike in Hamilton County. The trail connects the community of Raquette Lake in the Town of Long Lake to the towns of Indian Lake and Inlet. The new trail is joined with the current Moose River Plains Wild Forest trail system which is the center of a trail system that connects to Newcomb in Essex County and Old Forge in Herkimer County.

DEC crews from Regions 5 and Region 6, with assistance from the Student Conservation Association Adirondack Program, the towns of Long Lake, Inlet and Indian Lake, the New York State Snowmobile Association and local volunteers worked tirelessly over the past six months on the project.

"The construction of this important multiple-use trail could not have been accomplished without the many organizations and municipalities we work with in partnership as stewards of the public lands in the Adirondack Park,” Martens said.

A map of the trail may be viewed and downloaded on the DEC website.

View the full article on The Syracuse Outdoors Blog