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Hiking close to home
This time of year, resolutions about maintaining one’s fitness usually require a daily visit to the gym. Some people, however, prefer another option. “Hiking is great exercise, and since I started going to the Plotter Kill, I canceled my gym membership,” said Guilderland resident Ed Atkeson. Posted on January 1, 2012.
The Great Flats Nature Trail on Campbell Road in Rotterdam includes an extensive boardwalk system that takes hikers through a marshy area with cattails more than 12 feet high. (photo: Bill Buell/Gazette Reporter)
Water from the Plotter Kill pours over the first waterfalls at the Almy Coggeshall Plotter Kill Preserve in the Town of Rotterdam. (photo: Bill Buell/Gazette Reporter)
The Indian Kill Preserve in Glenville offers hikers a wilderness-like experience less than 10 minutes from downtown Schenectady. (photo: Bill Buell/Gazette Reporter)
The Sanders Preserve up in the West Glenville hills is big enough to allow hunters and hikers to peacefully coexist. (photo: Bill Buell/Gazette Reporter)
The Indian Kill Preserve in Glenville includes a lot of rugged terrain and steep inclines, as this picture taken not too far from the Hetcheltown Road entrance indicates. (photo: Bill Buell/Gazette Reporter)
