03-25-2019: McCafferty Road

Late March I walked another roadside loop, following up the roads in northeast Durham I had yet to walk. The route mainly covered McCafferty Road, which I had walked a small portion of a few days prior. It also followed Marks Road, the remainder of Mackey Road (walked in my previous post), and a small portion of Albany County's CR-403. This was my first route to cross all the way into another county, dipping for nearly a mile over the border into Rensselaerville. Weather conditions were cool and windy, with intermittent clouds making photographing some scenes difficult.

View of the Catskills over a farm off Greene County's CR-27. Visible are North Mountain, Stoppel Point, Blackhead, Black Dome, Thomas Cole, and Windham HP.

Despite forested and raised terrain, bits of the more westerly Catskills were visible from the route, like this partially obscured shot of Ginseng, Hayden, and Pisgah.

View of the road south of the county line.

This sizable lake doesn't appear on maps, and is lined with young pine forest.

A small stream cuts through the grazing area of a farm along Route 75.

Sign marking the end of Albany County's CR-403 along a swamp at the county line, where it turns into CR-75.

Brown fields and forests in Rensselaerville.

Oblique shadows line the fresh pavement along CR-403.

Another shot of the shiny road.

A lone tree guards a massive empty field.

Crossing back into Greene County along McCafferty Road, I found another, smaller lake absent from the maps, with several farm tails leading to its shores.

A shot of the smaller lake from a bit higher elevation.

Windham and the Blackhead Range peek above forests along McCafferty Road.

Maple and pine trees line McCaffery Road as it descends towards the Catskill Valley.

A shot of Windham, Kate, and Zoar from the east end of Mackey Road.