Anchor Diamond Park

This is a lovely park. Before its was officially "No Bikes", I rode the park as it was being developed. Now, three years later, there are kiosks and a nicely blazed trail system. Highly recommended!

Saturday - Quick Loop

Crossing onto the Blue

Stone walls were quite extensive

Old Farm Machinery

Kiosk at the Mansion Ruins

Sunday - The Long Walk

The Orange Trail is lovely

Looking Back at the Carriage Road intersection

Abandoned Boot ! :-)

A beautiful day - for sure!

Scan the QR code and get a video about the tree 

From the video: This tree is over 200 years old!

Picturesque stone walls...

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Further Info

Grand Opening

More Photos at All Trails.com

Hawkwood Estate - Burnt Hills, NY

What a brilliant addition to the area’s parks. From my quick ride thru on Sunday morning, it appears that the town is making this a major destination with a large parking lot and a fairly extensive trail system being developed.

I mountain biked in on the White Trail and continued on the Yellow Loop on the back of the park.

Parking Lot

Entrance - White Trail

First Footbridge

The White Trail

Mansion Remnants (orange fencing protects archeological dig)

Historic Photographs

Second Footbridge (too narrow for the bike!)

Yellow Trail

Chimney (different location than the mansion ruins)

Heading back on the long "thoroughfare"

Tree growing thru old car chassis

Further Info

Ballston buys historic Hawkwood property

Hawkwood - PDF (written by Town Historian Rick Reynolds)

History Lesson: The Baker Brothers made their home in Ballston

Hawkwood Photos