The Leland Reserve

Recent History
The Leland Reserve is an 18 acre property located at the crest of Preston Hill Road in Hamilton, NY.  It was donated to the SMHT in 2003 by Ann Leland with the provision that the property be open to the public and used as an educational and recreational resource.  The SMHT is dedicated to managing the property as a Reserve, maintaining the general features as they exist today.  In broad terms these consist of the old field, shrubland, native hardwood forest and the riparian corridor with exposed geology. Motorized vehicles are not permitted except for maintenance of the Reserve. 

Trail Guide  An interpretive trail guide was developed by Sam Torrey, a Colgate University student in the Colgate Upstate Institute Summer Intern Program. He worked with SMHT members to develop the guide and did much of the work clearing the trail and setting the guideposts.  Trail Guide: click   or  format.

Take a slide show walk down the trail in Summer 2007   or Winter 2007    

5th Grade Ecology Project with the Hamilton Central School  

 or  Building the Bridge 4/26/08     or  Girls Scouts Visit on May 6, 2008  

Geocaching: We now have two caches at the Leland reserve. Here are the details 

Colgate has a video of “A Day in the Life of Sam Torrey” describing some of his activities on the Leland Reserve.
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Property Plan
The plan shows the irregularly shaped Leland Reserve and its location just south of the village of Hamilton, NY.  The numbers locate the guideposts for the self guided interpretive trail brochure available at the Reserve.

Link to Google map.

Leland Reserve Trailhead - Please park at the side of the road, not on the grass trail into the Reserve. We hope to have a stoned parking area next year.

Take a slide show walk down the trail in Summer 2007   or Winter 2007           Return to top