Bradbury-Pineland Corridor and Elmwood Trails

The reserved lands are marked in green, the corridor trail in blue, and Bradbury State Park in orange.

This network of paths provides access to the backside of Bradbury Mountain State Park and to the trails connecting the park to Pineland Public Land.

If you start at the parking lot on Lawrence Road (where there’s room for six or so cars), it’s about a 2.5-mile hike to the mountain summit along a wide woodland trail.

On the other side of Lawrence Road, you can walk 1 mile or so to the power lines, and from there, walk about four miles to Pineland Lands. Or, preferably, you can follow the 1.4-mile extension footpath to Elmwood Road. Once you reach Elmwood Road, find the trail across the road. In 0.7 miles it passes through Elmwood Woods reconnects to the power lines.

All told, you can do miles of walking. There are some pretty river crossings on the Bradbury Mountain side. Snowmobile paths intersect the power lines about half way through.

Directions: There are several trailheads for this system. You can pick up the connector trail at 819 Elmwood Road, where there is a medium-sized lot and trailhead kiosk. Another trailhead and sizeable parking area is located on the west side of Lawrence Road, 0.9 miles from the junction, and 0.6 miles from the Elwood Road junction (500 Lawrence Road). Additionally, if the Lawrence Road parking lot if full, try the small pullover on Sweetser Road, at 102 Sweetser Road, where there’s room for three cars. And of course, you can always park at Bradbury Mountain State Park or Pineland Public Reserve Land trailhead and walk the full system and get an epic workout!