Betty and Wilber Davis State Park

Whoa! Who knew such a little gem existed. Just 25 miles or so from Cooperstown, a 300 acre (plus or minus) donation from the namesakes. They also left stipends for building cabins that can be rented and are close enough to Cooperstown to have a little camp out in the woods and day trips to the sites of Cooperstown.

We're not talking little cabins like the KOA either. These are house sized and from peaking in the windows, very nicely appointed. Some are also handicapped equipped.

OK, the hike. We did a loop from the 1st public parking lot. This area has a flush toilet (men's, women's and handicapped), large field and an extremely nice pavilion. A fishing pond, catch and release is also there.

Anyway, we all met at the parking lot and after donning packs, etc., we trudged off. The route was pretty much the perimeter of the property. The hike went through wooded area and fields.
Some extremely nice stonework was observed at the edges of the property. I can just imagine how nice the fields looked in August, covered with the live Queen Anne's Lace and Golden Rod, the remains of which we passed by when crossing the fields.

The day was overcast and cold when we started and not too far into the hike, a light snow began to fall. Now how cool is that! I love hiking in that kind of weather. As all good things must, we ended the hike at the pavilion next to our parking lot. We had a trail lunch and Monica, our hike leader, passed out miniature LARA bars as a treat.


Not a big exertion today but a lovely day out and what a treat to find such a little gem of a state park. Thanks Monica and Irv for a great hike.