Trailhead coordinates for 466 FLT trailheads are now available on the FLTC website. Both the main trail and branch trails (Conservation Trail, Letchworth Trail, Bristol Hills Trail, Interloken Trail, and Onondaga Trail) are included. These coordinates must be manually typed into your field GPS unit or recent automotive GPS unit (such as Garmin Nuvi models). They will take you to within 50 feet of a trailhead. Here’s where to find them:
1) Go to www.fingerlakestrail.org<http://www.fingerlakestrail.org/>
2) On the left click on “Plan a Hike”
3) At the top click on “End to End”
4) Click on either A form to use to track your hikes on the Main FLT<http://www.fingerlakestrail.org/forms/E2ETrackingMain2008_06Jun.xls> or A form to use to track your hikes on Branch Trails:<http://www.fingerlakestrail.org/forms/E2ETrackingBranch2008_06Junxls> (these are “hot links”)
5) Choose “Save this file now” and click “OK”
6) Note the file name and the location where it will be saved and click “Save”
7) These are Excel spreadsheets that can be opened with Microsoft Excel or the spreadsheet that comes with Microsoft Works. Virtually everyone has one or the other of these. Open the file with one of these. You can easily track your end to end progress with these, simply by placing a comment in the “When and Who” column.
Note the column with Trailhead Coordinates
9) Print out the spreadsheet and put it in your vehicle. That way you will always be be able to find a trailhead. Note that going to a trailhead does not guarantee parking there (although most have parking); for parking check the maps.
