Hiking Tours

Hikes from the Pine Hill
Community Center

About the Center:

287 Main St.
Griffin Garage Building. (1925)

Site of the Pine Hill Hotel owned
by George Cole. After it burned,
the property was bought by Charles
Griffin. The Garage was used by
summer visitors, who stored their cars
there during the winter. It was Vista
Optical through 1995, when it was
purchased by Bernard and Florence
Hamling, who donated it for use by
the non-profit Pine Hill Community
Center in 1997 and gifted it to the
organization in 2008.

HT1.
Walk through a mature Hemlock
Forest – a gradual, steep hike for
1.7 miles.

Make a left out of the Community
Center and walk or bicycle west on
Main Street until you reach a T, make
a left on Bonnieview Avenue and
continue to the dead end past
the water treatment plant. Your walk is
.7 miles from the Community Center.
Go up a berm to the railroad bed and
turn left. Pass a small lake (snow making
pond for Belleayre Ski Center). Beyond
the lake on the right is a trail (look for
brown and yellow directional sign) that
goes uphill into the woods. This is the
Cathedral Glen trail (blue marker).

HT2.
Walk to the Belleayre Summit –
a gradual, steep hike for about
2.8 miles.

Make a left out of the Community
Center and walk Main Street to
Bonnieview Avenue. At 1/10th of a
mile make the left onto Mill Street
and follow it under the railroad bridge
where it turns into Woodchuck
Hollow. Stay on that road which
becomes unpaved andfollow it 1.25
miles to the Pine Hill West Branch
trail on the right (blue marker). A
yellow and brown directional sign
points out the trail going into the
woods.

HT3.
Bicycle to Doc Riser’s Farm – a
gradual grade on paved road for
about 3.5 miles.

Make a left out of the Community
Center on Main Street to Academy
Street where you make a right,
continue under the Route 28 overpass
and make a left on Birch Creek Road,
continue to Lower Birch Creek Road,
where you make a right, and follow this
gravel road until you dead end at the
farm. Beautiful trees and plants line the
road; a creek runs alongside; and all that
makes it a lovely ride ending at a piece
of land given to the State by Doc Riser.
Hike further, picnic, enjoy.

HT4.
Walk or Bicycle – an easy one –
to the Belleayre Beach.

Make a right out of the Community
Center on Main Street. Walk or
bicycle 3/10s of a mile to a dead end
and turn right past the metal gate.
Follow the path around the lake
either way. Go for a swim (walk-ins
are $2), picnic or walk up to the
pavilion for the trail to Belleayre
Summit. It is a steep trail and trail
markings are not so great. Start with
a good map!