Adopt-A-Highway

Sunday 06/22/2025 12:00 am

Hike rating:

Length - 1 Mile miles

Pace - Slow

Terrain - Easy

Light duty pickup. Once bags become too heavy they can be left at the roadside. Work is done in teams. Terrain is gentle, distance is about a mile per team. Pace is self-determined.

Event/Trailhead location:

Cornell University B-Lot parking lot, NW of Route 366 and Caldwell Road intersection (formerly “O-lot”). Enter the lot from Campus Road and then go to the south-east corner of the lot closest to the Route 366 and Caldwell Road intersection (click for map). (Weekends and evening only with no Cornell parking permit.)

Hike Leader:
Tom Formanek

Contact:

Hike leader contact information will be sent in the email acknowledging that you have registered for this hike.

Hike Details:

Please come join us for about 1.5 hours in service to the community of Varna and Cornell University.

We cover a 2.1 mile section from Cornell at Pine Tree Road to the far side of the town of Varna. We split it all into 4 subsections of about a half mile each. With hopefully two or more to a team, that is a light one mile walk using mechanical grabbers. Heavy objects or things like masks and medical waste should be left and brought to the leaders attention.

It’s as much a social event as anything with lots of chatter, laughs and the occasional weird find. And we’ve been known to hit Collegetown Bagels on nearby East Hill afterwards. It’s fun. It’s important. And Varna loves us for our service.

Tools, gloves and safety vests provided as needed. Bags once filled (or if they become heavy) may be tied and left on the roadside.