Windham NY Roads: 9/46 mi
My natural next step in roadwalking is to conquer the town of Windham. I began targeted roadwalking, trying to walk every thru public road in a town, back in mid-2018 with my hometown of Durham. After finishing in May 2019, I began targeting the neighboring towns, starting to the east and moving clockwise around the Durham borders. I finished Greenville in June 2021 and Cairo this past January, and the next town in that order is Windham.
Located to Durham's southwest, Windham is a small town by all metrics, with an area of only 45.2 mi2 and a population of 1708 at the last census. Nestled high in the Catskill Mountains, the center of settlement is over 1500' in elevation, although the town itself rises to 3984' at Black Dome Mountain in the south. Despite its remote location and small size, Windham is fairly built up, home to the very popular Windham Mountain Ski Resort, which consumes the entire north face of Cave Mountain. A large number of high-income seasonal homes make the town appear much larger than it really is.
I began my foray into the mountain town - and my first roadwalk of the summer - on Sutton Road, parking at the Mount Hayden trailhead just inside the Durham town line. I walked down Mitchell Hollow Road as far as the first intersection with Elm Street, a rather short in-and-out walk through rural terrain, alternating between forested mountains and view-giving fields.
Distance: 4.13 mi
Time: 01h 04m
Roads Walked: CR-10, CR-21/Mitchell Hollow Road, Cunningham Road, Sutton Road
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| Hills of the Richmond Range rise above fencing at a farm on Cunningham Road. |
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| Mount Nebo towers over the landscape, appearing as much more of a peak than it truly is from this angle. |
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| Signage at the town line along Route 10, surrounded by spring brush. |
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| A lilac bush (Syringa vulgaris) blooms along the side of the road. |
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| Looking down Mitchell Hollow Road from near its highest point, towards the mountains in the center of town. |
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| Beautiful yellow-green spring colors, sprinkled with bits of red and dark green of the evergreens, covered the mountains with a lovely rejuvenating appearance. |
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| Important (if dubiously attributed) advice from a signpost found on a partially-collapsed barn. |
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| Bump Mountain rises above mixed field/forest at the edge of a seasonal property. |
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| A view of Richmond Mountain above a construction site, one of many along the route taking advantage of the good spring weather. |
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| Mossy rock outcrops along Route 10, at the lower slopes of Mount Pisgah. |
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| Looking east down Cunningham Road, the hills of Durham and more distant peaks in the Taconics are visible through the trees. |
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