Cuyler Hill State Forest - Potter Hill to Wiltsey Glen
Early in the summer of 2019, I set out to hike a segment of the Finger Lakes Trail through Taylor Valley State Forest of northern/central Cortland County. That hike through mainly deep woods brought me to the edges of the adjoining Cuyler Hill State Forest which, as it turns out, is a "link" between Taylor Valley and Mariposa State Forest, a place written about in this very blog several times before. As I get more familiar with this corner of Central New York and the FLT, I am appreciating its relative remoteness and beauty more each time I pass through. At this point, I still haven't ventured beyond Pharsalia Woods of Chenango County, so I've been using this time to thoroughly explore these foothills that make up the knobby terrain east of Interstate 81. This particular hike started where the FLT crosses paved Chenango-Solon Pond Road a few miles past the small rural hamlets of Tully and Truxton. I was able to find decent parking on the shoulder of di