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Marks in the snow reveal an owl swooping in to catch a mouse.
Schor Conservation Area
58 Shoreview Dr, Canaan/Red Rock
FEATURES
- 233 acres
- 2.5 miles of trails
- Forest, pond, picnic area
- Summit offers views of Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains. On a clear day, city of Albany is visible.
- Bequeathed to CLC by Jon Schor, an early trustee and an advocate for traditional outdoor recreation
- Maintained in part with the support of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation’s Quailwood Fund
58 Shoreview Dr, Red Rock
The Schor Conservation Area is accessed from Cemetery Road in Red Rock.
Traveling east from Chatham on Rte. 203: take a left onto County Route. 9, following signs for Red Rock. After 2.5 miles, bear right onto Route 24, following for 1.8 miles. Take a left onto Cemetery Road and follow for one mile to Shoreview Drive on the right. Follow the entrance road for .5 miles to the parking area and trail entrance.
Traveling West from Spencertown/Austerlitz: take a right onto County Route 9. Bear right onto Route 24, following for 1.8 miles. Take a left onto Cemetery Road and follow for one mile to Shoreview Drive on the right. Follow the entrance road for .5 miles to the parking area and trail entrance.
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Regulations
 CLC properties are open year-round, dawn to dusk. |  Admission is free, donations to CLC are appreciated. |  All properties have parking areas. |
 Pets must be on leash at all times, except when swimming. |  “Carry in, carry out”. In an effort to minimize human impact on the conservation areas, no trash receptacles are located at the sites. Take your trash with you when you leave. |  Dog owners must remove dog waste from the site. Leaving dog waste on the site is harmful to wildlife and creates a major annoyance to site visitors and CLC maintenance staff. There are no trash receptacles located on the site. |
 People are not allowed to swim. |  Motorized vehicles are not allowed unless they are part of an official CLC program. |  Fishing is permitted with NYS License. |
 Limited hunting is allowed on some of the CLC properties as part of the overall management plans. |  Audio equipment or radio use is allowed with earphones only. |  Please respect the plants, animals, and artifacts at the sites as they make the properties special. |
On the path from/near the parking lot to the pond, if you look to the left, there is an old foundation and well. I have the 1873 map of Canaan and wonder if anyone knows who was the inhabitant/owner of that house. It looks like others in the vicinity that were of that period……
The property used to be called LaMoree Farm. It was a sheep farm until the 1920’s.
Thanks to Peter and everyone for the lovely Once in a Blue Moon hike. It was my first full moon stroll with the CLC and I look forward to many more.
I’m glad you enjoyed it, Dawn. Our next Full Moon hike is on September 29. Check the events page for the full event list.
While fishing with my two young sons on Saturday, September 3rd we ran into 3 rude adults that believed the rules didn’t apply to them. They arrived with two dogs that were allowed to run off leash, getting tangled in the fishing lines and being a general nuisance. Then the two women (old enough to know better) entered the water and began swimming exactly where we were fishing, forcing US to move. Eventually we gave up and went home.
Jack, I’m sorry to hear about your negative experience. We are working on making our rules more prominent and educating people about why they are important. I hope we can prevent this from happening in the future.
Remember and honor Jon’s wishes. His pond is for swimming.
CLC shares Jon’s vision for public access to the land. In setting up the land as a Public Conservation Area, we worked to establish the pond as a public swimming area to carry on Jon’s legacy. We learned that the law establishes strict standards and permitting requirements for a corporate entity like CLC to permit people to swim on a property we own – a lifeguard on duty, telephone access, bathroom facilities, to name a few. Those rules did not apply to Jon, as an individual property owner. After two years of dealing with the regulatory agencies, we reluctantly concluded that without spending many thousands of dollars we could not make the pond meet the NYS Department of Health’s regulations under the State’s Sanitation Code for pubic swimming areas. It is illegal for us to allow swimming at the site.
Two coyotes spotted in the fields.
What happened to the swing
Sorry Lynne but the swing was broken and beyond repair. It was cut up and hauled away earlier this week. Thanks for keeping an eye on things out there for us!
That’s strange. My wife and I sat on the swing only hours before it was taken down. Seemed fine, maybe needed a little work. What would it take to get a new one?
We’re open to the idea of the community sponsoring a new one.
Thanks Carol and John for the new bench swing:
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Three white-tailed deer on the Red Trail and ripe blackberries everywhere!
Gray catbirds meowing away today.
reports of pregnant mountain lion on path coming up from ehind the gazebo.
Took pictures of some amazing mushrooms today at the Schor Preserve. Would like to post. How do I share them?
That’s great! We’d love to see your photos. You have three options:
Saw a doe and one wee fawn crossing Shore View Drive yesterday afternoon.
Prescott spotted a coyote near the barns and visitors to the pond saw two black bears emerging from the water.
Baltimore Oriole spotted in the woods near the pond – 05-14-11