Trail: Elizabethtown Museum Trail

Trail Identifier:     T13-S29
Season: Early Fall
Location:  Elizabethtown, NY 12932

Trailhead Location: Behind the Adirondack Museum, Elizabethtown, NY

Last Updated: 2007-09-13
Parking: Roadside Parking
Trail Type: There and back
Trail Difficulty: Stroll    
Trail Length: 1 mile
Trail Condition: Good condition,


Best Feature of Trail: It runs along the Boquet River.
Hike Description: The trail starts behind the museum and goes along the edge of the forest before it drops into the river flood plain. It travels behind the grave yard and behind town.

 

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Species List for Elizabethtown Museum Trail:

birds
BIRDS
• 1 Crow (American) Corvus brachyrhynchos identification assistance
• 1 Jay (Blue) Cyanocitta cristata identification assistance
• 1 Turkey (Wild) Meleagris gallopavo identification assistance
• 1 Woodpecker (Downy) Picoides pubescens identification assistance
• 1 Woodpecker (Hairy) Picoides villosus identification assistance

insects
INSECTS
• 1 Butterfly (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail) Papilio glaucus identification assistance
• 1 Butterfly (Mourning Cloak) Nymphalis antiopa identification assistance
• 1 Butterfly (White Admiral) Limenitis camilla identification assistance
• 1 Cricket (Field) Gryllus assimilis identification assistance

wildflowers
WILDFLOWERS
• 1 Baneberry (White) identification assistance
• 1 Black-eyed Susan identification assistance
• 1 Bluets identification assistance
• 1 Canada Mayflower identification assistance
• 1 Foamflower identification assistance
• 1 Solomons Seal (Great) identification assistance
• 1 Yarrow identification assistance

non-flowering plants
NON-FLOWERING PLANTS
• 1 Fern (Bracken) Pteridium aquilinum identification assistance
• 1 Fern (Christmas) Polystichum acrostichoides identification assistance
• 1 Fern (Massachusetts) Thelypteris simulata identification assistance
• 1 Fern (New York) Thelypteris noveboracensis identification assistance
• 1 Fern (Sensitive) Onoclea sensibilis identification assistance

trees
TREES
• 1 Ash (White) Fraxinus americana identification assistance
• 1 Beech (American) Fagus grandifolia identification assistance
• 1 Birch (Paper) Betula papyrifera identification assistance
• 1 Cottonwood (Eastern) Populus deltoides identification assistance
• 1 Fir (Balsam) Abies balsamea identification assistance
• 1 Hemlock (Eastern) Tsuga canadensis identification assistance
• 1 Maple (Red) Acer rubrum identification assistance
• 1 Maple (Striped) Acer pensylvanicum identification assistance
• 1 Maple (Sugar) Acer saccharum identification assistance
• 1 Pine (Eastern White) Pinus strobus identification assistance
• 1 Pine (Red) Pinus resinosa identification assistance