Burnt-Rossman Hills State Forest

David Pk

Great hike

Leila Crockett

Peaceful escape. Wintergreen even grows here.

Michele Crabill

Love this as a drive or hike. Great for photography any time of the year.

John Mullen

One of New York's best state forests. Consisting of 10,568 acres, this state forest is located within the Schoharie Cointy towns of Blenheim, Fultonham (West Fulton), Jefferson, Richmondville and Summit. In addition to recreational activities, this state forest contributes to various environmental and economical purposes such as timber production, watershed protection, wildlife habitat, and wetland habituation. Permitted recreational activities include; Hiking, Camping, Paddling, Biking, Fishing (Stream, Pond and Ice), Hunting, Trapping, Snowmobiling, and wildlife watching. Other major features unique to this forest include: A recreation area located along Looking Glass Pond in the northern portion of the property contains an accessible picnic area, fishing piers, a couple of viewing platforms, and a boat dock. There are also six primitive campsites and a lean-to scattered across the property. A section of the Long Path passes through the state forest as well. Looking Glass Pond is a warm water fishery supporting species like golden shiner, brown bullhead and largemouth bass. There are also 2 accessible fishing piers located on Looking Glass Pond There are several miles of snowmobile trails that crisscross the property. The trails continue onto the NYS Snowmobile Trail network as they leave the property. The S73, S73A and S75 secondary trails pass through Mallet Pond State Forest. The snowmobile trails are maintained by local snowmobile clubs, the Summit Sno Riders, Inc. (leaves DEC website) and the West Fulton Snowmobile Club, Inc. through volunteer stewardship agreements. If your hunting, This stafe forest falls entirely within Wildlife Management unit 4G Handicapped Accessability: Burnt-Rossman Hills State Forest contains an accessible picnic area (with 2 picnic tables and a grill and 2 accessible fishing piers, all located on Looking Glass Pond. The State Forest also contains 2 accessible trails, both located around Looking Glass Pond. One trail is 0.4 miles long and winds its way through the forest on the northwest side of the pond. The other trail is 0.1 mile on the eastern side of the pond and leads to an accessible observation deck located on the eastern side of the pond.