Preston, NY 13830

607-674-4017

accessibility@dec.ny.gov

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Summary

According to the agency website: Kopac Pond Trail offers a short (less than one mile) trail in the southwestern portion of the forest off Sort Cut Road allows motorized access for people with mobility impairments. A permit is required through the Motorized Access Program for People with Disabilities.

At Kopac Pond:
Located on Bliven-Sherman Road, this site features a smooth, hard-packed 1/5-mile accessible trail that loops through the hemlock forest. The trail is very shaded and cool on a hot summer day. The trail maintains interest as it crosses level but rolling ground that is broken by very small, rounded hillocks, originally lifted by tree roots. At the end of the trail, there is an accessible observation deck that overlooks the pond. Officially the pond is unnamed; it lies immediately south of Whaley Pond and there is a stream that connects the two.

Description

New York Dec Accessible Recreation Site

Activities

Camping, paddling, biking, fishing, hunting, trapping, snowmobiling, x-country skiing, horseback rising, and accessible trail.