Saturday October 11th 2026 - Sprague Brook Trail at Sprague Brook, an Erie county park- Near Sardinia NY - 6.5 miles, 420 feet elevation gain

We're moving soon to New Hampshire.  There might be more details in upcoming posts but it understandably makes us want to revisit a few favorites here in central and western NY while we still can.

This county park is very impressive.  It's very large, has a large campground, a cross country skiing warming hut and an extensive ski trail network which doubles as a hiking network the rest of the year.  There is a main, blazed trail loop which is just called Sprague Brook Trail.  We followed quite a bit of that main trail again on this trip but we shaved off some little fingers that would have made the hike more circuitous and longer. Still, we walked 6.5 miles which was great.







 The fall colors were enjoyable and I forgot how much of the trail was along the edges of ravines and other big drop offs.  It reminded me why this is a favorite place to repeat.  For whatever reason this hike took a lot out of both of us.  We really enjoyed our early dinner and ice cream after the hike.

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