Harriet Hollister Spencer Park

Place: Harriet Hollister Spencer Park

Town: Honeoye, NY

Get There: From the town of Honeoye take West Lake road (Rt 36) turn right onto Jersey Hill Rd and then a left onto Canadice Hill Rd. At the fork in the road stay on Canadice Rd (to the left), it goes straight into the park (you will see a big sign)

My Hike: This place has a really long name (I just wanted to weigh in on that). My brother, sister and I went here for our first try at spontaneous trail biking. We were not necessarily equipped with the proper bikes for this... so it was quite the adventure. Not to mention the fact that we have never biked before on uneven ground. We don't even bike that often. It was still jolly good fun.

This park doesn't have a whole lot of people in it in the summer, which is good because we may have looked mildly foolish on our bikes (and sometimes walking our bikes). Did I mention that roots are rough when you hit them going down a hill? Once we found a less intense trail this was a lot more fun.

By far the best part of this park is the incredible view. I think its best for winter sports (it caters to cross country skiing) but I still enjoyed it (I'm a sucker for a good view and for trying something new so I had a good experience)

Note: I hear tell this is a great cross country skiing location (more to come on this subject hopefully sometime this winter). Also, you can drive up to the beautiful view in this picture (which stinks if you work hard to get to it and then all of a sudden someone drives up and gets the same view).