The North Country Trail section within Central New York runs from Watkins Glen to Forestport.  Forestport is the gateway to the Adirondacks.  The North Country Trail (NCT) shares the path with the Finger Lakes Trail (FLT) up until Cuyler Hill State Forest and the trail blazes are WHITE. 

The NCT blazes are BLUE beginning north of Cuyler Hill State Forest.  In Tioughnioga WMA the NCT shares the path with the yellow blazed Link Trail.  You may see both blue and yellow blazes from here to the junction with the Old Erie Canal Trail in Canastota.

New sections of the NCT within central New York are still being created.  From Canastota to Rome, the NCT follows the Old Erie Canal.  As you approach Rome, the North Country Trail passes historical Erie Canal Village.  In Rome, the trail passes through Fort Stanwix National Monument.  North of Rome the NCT follows the old Black River Canal up to Forestport, NY (with sections still being built). 

Sections of the North Country Trail in Central New York

Watkins Glen State Park	Finger Lakes National Forest	Texas Hollow State Forest
Connecticut Hill WMA	Robert Treman State Park	Sweedler Preserve
Danby State Forest	Shindagin State Forest	Potato Hill State Forest
Hammond Hill State Forest	Kennedy State Forest	Tuller Hill State Forest
Hoxie Gorge State Forest	Baker School House State Forest	Taylor Valley State Forest
Cuyler Hill State Forest	Maxon Creek State Forest	Morgan Hill State Forest
Highland Forest	DeRuyter State Forest	New Woodstock-Tioughnioga WMA
Stone Quarry-Nelson Swamp	Cazenovia Section	Perryville Section
Canastota Section	Canastota to Durhamville	State Bridge to Lock 21
Lock 21 to Erie Canal Village	Erie Canal Village to Fort Stanwix	Fort Stanwix to Rome Fish Hatchery
Rome Fish Hatchery to Pixley Falls SP	Pixley Falls SP to Boonville	Boonville to Forestport
Forestport to ADK Blue Line	NCT in the Adirondacks	NCT Mile by Mile in NY