Guidebooks and Maps
Guidebook
The Cayuga Trails Club publishes the Guide to Hiking Trails of the Finger Lakes Region, 10th Edition, 2006, 171 pages. It describes in detail 140 miles of the main FLT, as well as 60 miles of the Queen Catharine Marsh Trail, Buttermilk Spur, Abbott Loop, Virgil Mountain Spur, and Interloken Trail. It also includes sections on the Cayuga Trail and other hiking trails in the Ithaca area that are not part of the FLTC system. For each section of trail, the guide includes the following information:
- Approaches
- Names of USGS Quads
- Accomodations and camping
- Brief description of character of trail
- Point-to-point and cumulative distances (miles)
- General description of trail route
- Detailed trail description
The guide includes 10 FLT maps plus the Cayuga Trail map. It is also available with just the Cayuga Trail map. Click here to view the Table of Contents and map samples.
Purchase the guidebook at these local retailers and outdoor organizations:
- A Book Barn of the Finger Lakes (Dryden)
- Autumn Leaves Used Books
- Baden-Powell Council, BSA (Binghamton)
- Bookery II
- Borders (Pyramid Mall, Ithaca)
- Cayuga Ski & Cyclery
- Cornell Store
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology Gift Shop
- Cornell Outdoor Education (COE)
- Cornell Plantations Gift Shop
- Eastern Mountain Sports
- Finger Lakes Trail Conference
- Finger Lakes Running Company
- First Edition Book Store (Norwich)
- Lime Hollow Center for Environment & Culture, Visitors Center (Cortland)
- Ludgate Produce Farms
- Outdoor Store
- Storylines Bookstore & Cafe (Watkins Glen)
- Watkins Sporting Goods
If your store or organization is interested in selling the Guide to Trails of the Finger Lakes Region, please send us an email or fill out our contact form.
Maps
The FLTC and several sporting goods stores throughout New York State sell maps printed by the FLTC. There are currently 51 FLT maps available (including the 10 FLT maps available with the Guide to Hiking Trails of the Finger Lakes Region) that cover the entire trail system. Overlay maps showing the boundaries of each map are available for Google Maps and for download to Google Earth.
The FLTC maps have a scale of 1 inch to the mile, have descriptions of the trail, and indicate mileages from point to point (map samples). All maps are 8.5 x 11" and printed by color laser printer on waterproof "Rite in the Rain" paper.
The FLTC also has guidebooks describing the entire FLT system. A buyers guide is available from the FLTC Service Center, 6111 Visitor Center Road, Mt. Morris, NY 14510, 585-658-9320, or on the FLTC website.
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