Davenport Emmons Pond Bog Trail

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Trail stats

Distance: 1.45 mi
Elevation gain: 141 ft
Technical difficulty: Easy
Elevation loss: 141 ft
Max elevation: 2,017 ft
TrailRank: 12
Min elevation: 1,879 ft
Trail type: Loop

Coordinates: 625
Uploaded: October 26, 2020
Recorded: October 2020

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near Emmons, New York (United States)

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Itinerary description

This is the main marked trail around Emmons Pond, a Nature Conservancy preserve in Davenport, NY. The glacial kettle pond and surrounding bog features an active beaver colony and a small waterfall in the outlet stream. This 1.5 mile hike follows the main loop trail to the waterfall, then returns through meadows on the west side of the pond back to the road.

Note there are additional trails in planning at this preserve, as of fall 2020: one that follows the wetlands shoreline and one that follows old logging roads to a viewpoint and hilltop.

Read more about the preserve here: www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/eny-emmons-pond-bog/

Waypoints

Pond viewpoint

At the trail register, a short side trail on left leads down to the water.

Waterfall

About 25 feet below the intersection where the trail loop crosses the outlet creek, a two-part waterfall cascades down into the Susquehanna valley.

Proposed new shoreline trail

This proposed trail will circle the south end of the wetlands and rejoin the main trail

Proposed hilltop trail

From the intersection where the main trail turns west to cross the outlet creek, two unmarked logging roads lead east. The lower road leads to private property. The upper road stays on Nature Conservancy land as it winds uphill past a partial viewpoint to the top of a hill.

Outlet creek

with beaver dams

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