Morgan Hill State Forest - Spruce Pond Campsite to Hemlock Glen
A little over a month ago I posted a blog about my early May hike in Morgan Hill State Forest where I traversed the trails from Fellows Hill up to the top of Tinker Falls. I also promised to return and continue further along the nearly 40-mile long Onondaga Trail past the waterfalls to explore deeper into this great, 5,253 acre forest preserve within the hills southeast of Syracuse, NY. So a weekend in the middle of June awarding sunny, dry weather seemed the best time to take this on. I started my hike at the Spruce Pond campsite trailhead by driving down dirt and gravel Herlihy Road a little over a quarter of a mile to where the orange-blazed Fellows Hill Trail crossed, if you recall from that previous blog. My planned hiking route took me westward along the path, passing the edge of Spruce Pond before reaching the place where the blue-blazed Onondaga Trail forked to the left up a very steep hillside. I was glad to g...