2021-05-24: Feather Bed Lane

With only a handful of walks left to take in the town of Greenville, I took a Monday afternoon to walk a five-mile loop in the town's northeastern corner. This loop also extended into the neighboring town of New Baltimore and up to the Albany County line in the north. There was pleasant weather for walking and a surprising amount of friendly people out along the roads. This walk also took me through the easternmost accessible point in Greenville, along Feather Bed Lane.

Roads Walked: Feather Bed Lane, Hillcrest Road, Ridge Road North, Staco Road

Wide open fields line Hillcrest Road to the east of the Greenville Forest Preserve.

A view from Hillcrest Road southwest to Windham High Peak, thirteen miles away.

Even the smaller and more distant Mount Hayden, nearly fifteen miles distant, rose above the nearby trees.

Windham (L) and Kate Hill (R), separated by a tree from this perspective.

Hillcrest Road has a number of twists and turns that are fun to drive and beautiful to walk.

Fenced-in fields sit beneath Blackhead (L), Black Dome (C), and Thomas Cole (R) mountains, just short of the New Baltimore border.

Blackhead and the Catskill Escarpment stretch out beyond some well-trimmed flower bushes.

The terrain in this area is characterized by many small, steep hills, such as this pine-lined lawn.

A strange property inside New Baltimore had a spectacular view of Stoppel Point (L) and Arizona Mountain (R) far to the southwest.

More steep rolling hills along Ridge Road North, covered in knee-height young hay.

When I walked by, some locals were working on mowing and cleaning up the Staco Cemetery, located at a three-way intersection near the county line.

The road border between New Baltimore and Coeymans lacks the excessive signage typical of Albany County borders; this sign marking the end of the county road designation is the only indicator that something has changed.

Power lines cut through the forest right at the county line; this close-up looks towards the top of a hill in New Baltimore.

A wider shot from a little down the road shows the power lines reaching across the countryside.

Hundreds of these medium-sized flowers, all in bloom, lined the edges of Staco Road.

The flowers appeared in both purple and white varieties, although the white flowers were notable more rare.

A mushroom grows at the foot of an old stump along Hillcrest Road, near where I parked.