STATUS OF ADIRONDACK SEASONAL ACCESS ROADS
MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND 2019

• Many seasonal access roads are open but due to the amount of snow received this winter and the amount of rain this spring, many remain closed.
• Closed roads will reopen after the frost has thawed, the roads are dry, and any necessary repairs and maintenance are completed. 
• The lists below identify which roads are open and which remain closed.
• Seasonal access roads are dirt and gravels roads that can be rough. 
• Roads may be narrow – use caution, drive slowly, and watch for oncoming vehicles.
• Four-wheel drive SUVs, pick-up trucks, and other high clearance vehicles are recommended for driving on these roads this time of year.

OPEN ROADS

• Black River Wild Forest
  • Loop Road (access to North Lake) to the washout at Golden Stair Creek. 
• Croghan Conservation Easement Tract
  • Main Haul Road (access to western Pepperbox Wilderness)
• Debar Mountain Wild Forest 
  • Debar Pond Road
  • Debar Meadows Road
  •  Debar Mountain Trailhead Access Road
• Essex Chain Lakes Complex 
  • Chain Lakes Road North 
  • Drake’s Mill Road
  • Cornell Road
  • Deer Pond Road
• Ferris Lake Wild Forest
  • Powley Road
• Grass River Conservation Easement Tract
  • Pleasant Lake Access Road
• High Peaks Wilderness
  • Meadows Lane
  • Coreys Road
  • Elk Lake Road (from Clear Pond to the trailheads)
• Independence River Wild Forest 
  • All seasonal access roads
• Kushaqua Conservation Easement Tract 
  • North Branch Road
  • Hunter’s Camp Road 
  • Aden Road
  • Road 5-2
• Lake George Wild Forest
  
  • Dacy Clearing Road
  • Jabe Pond Road
  • Lily Pond Road - road is still soft 4-wheel drive vehicles only at this time.
  • Notch Lane Truck Trail on the nearby Mount Tom State Forest
• Moose River Plains Wild Forest/West Canada Lakes Wilderness
  
  • Cedar River Road is open to the Cedar River Flow for public motor vehicle use.
  • Limekiln Lake – Cedar River Road from the Cedar River Entrance to Silver Run. 
  • Limekiln Lake – Cedar River Road from the Limekiln Lake Entrance to just east of the Lost Ponds Trailhead at Campsite 39.
  • Otter Brook Road to the bridge over the South Branch Moose River
• Oswegatchie Conservation Easement Tract
  • All seasonal access roads
• Perkins Clearing Conservation Easement Tract
  
  • Jessup River Road to the Sled Harbor Sand Pit 
  • Perkins Clearing Road
• Sable Highlands Conservation Easement Tract
  
  • Piney Ridge Road and D&H Road are open to public motor vehicle use.
    • Both roads have some minor washouts, but should be passable by four-wheel drive SUVs, pick-up trucks, and other high clearance vehicles
    • There also some trees bent or hanging over the road.
    • Drivers should use caution and proceed slowly.
• Santa Clara Conservation Easement Tract 
  
  • Madawaska Road
  • Pinnacle Road
  • Howe Access Road
  • Four Mile Road
  • Vanderwalker Road
• Silver Lake Wilderness
  
  • West River Road
• Speculator Tree Farm Conservation Easement Tract
  
  • All seasonal access roads except Robbs Creek Road
• Tooley Pond Conservation Easement
  
  • Allen Pond Access Road
  • Spruce Mountain Access Road
• Watson’s East Triangle Wild Forest 
  
  • Bear Pond Road
• William C Whitney Wilderness
  
  • Lake Lila Road

CLOSED ROADS

• Blue Mountain Wild Forest/Township 19 & 20 Conservation Easement Tracts
  • Minerva Club Road
  • O'Neill Flow Road
• Boreas Ponds Tract
  
  • Gulf Brook Road
• Cranberry Lake Wild Forest
  
  • All seasonal access roads
• Essex Chain Lakes Complex 
  • Chain Lakes Road South to the Outer Gooley Parking Area
• Fulton Chain Wild Forest
  • All seasonal access roads
• Horseshoe Lake Wild Forest
  • All seasonal access roads (includes access road to Lows Lake/Hitchens Pond put-in)
• Kushaqua Conservation Easement Tract 
• Mountain Pond Road
• Moose River Plains Wild Forest
  • Limekiln Lake – Cedar River Road between the Cedar River Entrance and Campsite #39
  • Rock Dam Road
  • Otter Brook Road at the bridge over South Branch Moose River – Beaver Lake Trailhead cannot be accessed by motor vehicle.
  • Indian Lake Road
• Perkins Clearing Conservation Easement Tract
  • Mud Lake Road
  • Old Military Road (access to the Pillsbury Mountain Trailhead) 
  • Jessup River Road beyond the Sled Harbor Sand Pit (access to the Spruce Lake Trailhead)
• Raquette River Wild Forest
  • All seasonal access roads
• Speculator Tree Farm Conservation Easement Tract
• Robbs Creek Road
• Terry Mountain State Forest
• Terry Mountain Road
• White Hill Wild Forest
• All seasonal access roads
• Wilcox Lake Wild Forest 
  • Pumpkin Hollow Road