2023-01-02: Indian Ridge Road

Cairo NY Roads: 112/114 mi

On my last major roadwalk in the town of Cairo, I laid out a route to the north of South Cairo along the border with neighboring Athens. This route covered the remaining potion of Indian Ridge and Rudolph Weir Jr. roads, crossing the town line for about half a mile. It also covered the majority of Sandy Plains Road, including an area above Sandy Plain itself with spectacular views of the town and mountains. Unfortunately the weather made for poor lighting conditions but that was hardly a deterrent to the day's walk.

Roads Walked: Beers Road, Indian Ridge Road, Rudolph Weir Jr. Road, Sandy Plains Road

A lone juniper tree stands out on the side of Indian Ridge.

Shadows fall long across the hillcrest of Beers Road.

An old, abandoned farm building along Indian Ridge Road.

For the first time all interterm, roadwalking reveals Blackhead Mountain in the distance.

A small tributary of the Catskill runs beneath the road near the plain.

Structures in the Sandy Plain area, near the intersection with Route 67.

Blackhead, Cairo's highest point, seen over Sandy Plain from the town's western edge.

By late afternoon, the colors of the early winter sunset already grace the clouds to the west.

Stoppel Point rises above the much nearer - and shorter - Round Top.

A garage half built into the steep hill to the north of Sandy Plains Road.

Located in Sandy Plain is the Catskill Valley Airpark. Today, someone was flying an RC plane around the area.

Signage at the Athens border along Sandy Plains Road.

A view towards High Hill to the southeast over nearer farmland.

Deer graze below junipers in a field south of Rudolph Weir Jr. Road.