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Lands and Trails
Hannacroix Creek Preserve
Located along the Hannacroix Creek on the Albany/Greene county line in the town of New Baltimore, the Hannacroix Creek Preserve is a hundred and thirteen acre natural area with access for non- motorized activities including walking, cross country skiing, observing nature and just relaxing.
  
The Preserve was created following the purchase of the Blake, Fischl and Alexy properties by the Open Space Institute (OSI) and is managed by the New Baltimore Conservancy. The 113 acre preserve includes several marked hiking trails leading to a lovely waterfall, scenic vistas and the foundation of a paper mill. There is a trail map at the kiosk at the entrance to the preserve. There is also a trail that leads across route 144 to a boardwalk that is the begining of the Hudson River Interpretive Trail.
  
Access to the preserve is from a parking area on the west side of Route 144 just south of the Albany/Greene County line.
No motorized vehicles are permitted.
Directions to the Hannacroix Creek Preserve
Hannacroix Creek Preserve TRAIL MAP (under construction)
Hudson River Interpretive Trail
Access to the Hudson River Interpretive Trail is from the Hannacroix Creek Preserve parking area via a path that leads down to State Route 144. Across Route 144, the trail traverses a cat-tail marsh on a boardwalk constructed by Conservancy volunteers in 2007-2008. It then enters a cottonwood forest, to join with an old ice-harvesting dirt road from which can be seen the chimney ruins of one of the many ice houses once common in New Baltimore. At 0.3 miles, a short side-path leads to a wildlife viewing platform over-looking a tidal pond.
The main trail continues across a bridge spanning the tidal creek connecting the pond to the Hudson River. Conservancy volunteers and contractors constructed the Bridge in 2000 with “lumber” fabricated from re-cycled plastic water bottles. The bridge project was funded by grants from the New York State Empire State Development Corporation, the Hudson River Foundation, and the Greenway Conservancy for the Hudson River Valley. From the “recycled plastic bridge,” the trail proceeds another 500 ft to its terminus overlooking the Hudson River and Hannacroix Creek Cove.
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