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Western New York Outdoors
A Parks and Recreation Guide to locations for
outdoor adventures in WNY.
The Eastside Overland Trail
Town of Arkwright, Chautauqua County.
Description:
Actually named the Earl Cardot Eastside Overland Trail, it is a 19 mile long nature
trail spanning 4 towns, reforestation areas and the Canadaway Creek Wildlife
Management Area. It is located between the towns of Arkwright and Gerry.
This is a popular wilderness to hike, mountain bike and observe scenic views and
wildlife. There are waterfalls, creeks, ponds, woodlands and well marked
trails.
The trail begins in a few locations. The Arkwright Falls can be reached
from the state land trail starting on Burnham Road or from Ball Road.
Sector A is the parking lot on Park Road and Rt. 72. From here you will
cross Rt. 79 and hike 1.2 miles to the leantos near the pond near Meadows Road.
From there you travel south thru the woods and up Dibble Hill, there is a pond
on each side of the road. After this the trail will take you to another
parking spot on Rt. 72 and where the trail goes on private property until you
reach the Ruttenbur Road parking lot on top of a hill. This is the
Boutwell Hill area and where sector "I" on the map begins.
Continue south and you will pass between two ponds near Housington Road.
You eventually hit Boutwell Hill Road where there is another small pond amongst
the pines. Again you travel private property using the road shoulder until
you reach Harris Hill and a final parking lot near Rt 50. West of Harris
Hill along Old Chautauqua Road is the Hatch Creek area. There are printed
maps available along several of the trail locations.
Maps:
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Eastside Overland Trail Map |
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A detailed trail map and key. |
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Canadaway Creek |
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Streets map of wildlife management area. |
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Boutwell Hill |
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Streets map of sectors H thru O. |
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Harris Hill |
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Streets map of Harris Hill, Hatch Creek and Clear Creek areas. |
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Burnham Road |
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State land area and trail to the leanto along Canadaway Creek. |
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Arkwright Falls |
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Waterfall and Ball Gulf area. |
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Canadaway Forest |
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The trail from the parking lot on Rt 79 running east between Center Road and Meadows Road. |
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Griswold |
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The intersection of Rt 72 and Rt 79 and sectors B thru C. You can see a Dibble Hill pond at the very right. |
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Park Road |
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The trail head near Rt 72, Canadaway Creek runs parallel to Park road and intersects several brooks. |
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Leantos |
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Off of Meadows Road there is a pond and camping site on state land. |
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Dibble Hill |
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Road that leads to the two ponds area. |
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Boutwell Hill |
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Two ponds off Housington Road. |
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Boutwell Hill Road |
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More ponds along Mill Creek. |
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Harris Hill |
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Trail near Route 50 and Harris Hill Road intersection. |
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Hatch Creek |
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Trail near intersection of Old Chautauqua Road and Herrick Road. |
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Images: Click on a thumbnail pic to enlarge the image.
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Eastside Overland Trail |
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Sector F sign along Route 72 parking access area. |
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Lean-To Camping Site |
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Trail marker of 1.4 miles, hiking north from Sector F to E to D. |
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Steelton Mountain Bikers |
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An expedition from the Burnham Road trail head to Arkwright Falls. |
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Arkwright Falls |
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Dale on top of the waterfall. |
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Arkwright Falls Gorge |
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Pat scaling the gorge wall. |
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Burnham Road |
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From Shumla, mountain bikers prepare from the trail head to the creek, leanto and falls. |
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Canadaway Creek |
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Wildlife Management Area sign near Griswold on Route 72. |
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Ruttenbur Road |
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Parking lot on top of Boutwell Hill and trail head. |
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Frisbee |
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Mountain bikers break with a little recreational frisbee throwing in Ruttenbur parking lot. |
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Other Related Sites:
Chautauqua County Chamber
Chautauqua
County Parks and Recreation
Cherry Creek Inn
NYS DEC -
Harris Hill and Boutwell Hill Management Units.
NYS Parks - Western Zone downloadable PDF.
Tour Chautauqua
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