Hike Heiberg - May 2025

On May 13th we’ll hike at the Heiberg Memorial Forest, halfway between Tully and Truxton. See map attached below.

We’ll park in the first lot on the left side of Maple Ridge Road and, at 10:30, head out for about four miles of gorgeous forest hiking. With the elevation and exposure, Heiberg is a little behind many of the other local hiking areas, and we should be able to see a fair number of wildflowers.

Most of the hike will be on ESF’s forest access roads with good footing. However, early in the hike we’ll be going down an abandoned path where Mother Nature has cut an erratic drainage ditch that wanders from side to side, and requires a bit of going back and forth.(This is where it says “GATE” on the Truxton Hill Loop map.)

After that, your only worries will be an occasional muddy spot, some downed trees to easily climb over, and a couple of short but steep uphills. The reward will be walking through a variety of forests including upland hardwoods, 80 ft tall spruce trees, and some of ESF study plots.

Directions to Heiberg Memorial Forest

• From the traffic light in the center of Tully, take Rt. 11 (State St.) south and take the first left onto Onondaga Street.
• Go past the lumber yard and take the right turn, over the railroad tracks (Grove Street).
• Grove Street, (Rt 175) then becomes the Truxton Road.
• Go up the hill a little over 1.5 miles and take the first right turn onto Maple Ridge Road. There is a parking area about ¼ mile into the forest on the right, but go about 0.6 miles past that to our starting point on the left.