Texas School House State Forest
Activities: Hiking, Mountain Biking, Winter Sports
Location: 734 Jones Rd between Texas and Lena Rd, New Lisbon, NY (parking lot across from the trailhead)
Difficulty: Easy, Moderate
Distance: ~2 miles
Elevation Gain:
Fee: No
Trail Map Texas School House State Forest
Volunteers from the Butternut Valley Alliance worked on the trail in the fall of 2023.
The Blue Trail features 22 interpretive signs describing the flora, fauna and management practices of the state forest. The route takes hikers through a beautiful part of the state forest and is marked with DEC blue trail markers. There is a large beaver pond where you will see impressive beaver architecture, active nests of great herons, rolling hills, old stone walls, and much more. The yellow trail (~1-1/4 mile) is not open at the moment.
The trails at Texas School House State Forest are a joint project sponsored by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation and the Town of New Lisbon.
Getting there:
The trailhead is located on Jones Rd. in New Lisbon, about .4 miles west of the intersection of Jones and Texas Roads on the south side of the road. If you have a GPS, input the following geocoordinates: 42°39.373’N 75°06.745’W (42.656217, -75.112417). Unimproved parking area on Jones Rd across from the trailhead (about 50 meters towards Lena/Jones Rd intersection.) Limited additional parking at the trailhead.
Other Amenities, Features, and Activities: dogs allowed, vistas, fall foliage
For questions about this trail call 607-965-2112 or email newlisbonsupervisor@icloud.com.
What Octet-ers are saying:
2/26/24: “Loved it!”
2/21/24: “Took longer than expected because I got distracted by some fossils I saw in the rocks on the bare part of the trail.”
1/10/23 “Felt like I was in the middle of a fairy tale.”
1/1/23 “One of my new favorite hikes”
