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Ac-Draft Durham Valley Scenic Byway CMP.Indd Introduction The Durham Valley Scenic Byway is located in the Town of Durham, Greene County, New York, Schenectady about 24 miles northwest of the Village of Catskill and about 30 miles southwest of the state capital, Rensselaer Albany. The Scenic Byway Corridor slopes from Albany Albany Schoharie the northernmost escarpment of the Catskill Mountains to a plain that gently rolls north to Albany and east to the Hudson River Valley. The Town Durham Valley is part of the geographic area of loosely defined as the Mid-Hudson Valley. s Durham NY in MA ta The Durham Valley Scenic Byway Corridor n Greene u o Management Plan provides the vision, goals, and M l il management recommendations for protecting and • Cochrane Road – 3.0 miles from County Route k s t enhancing 21 miles of mostly contiguous New 20 (Susquehanna Turnpike) east to rejoin County a r C e York State-designated Scenic Roads in the Town Route 20 (at the southern end of Dugway Road). v i of Durham. The Durham Valley Scenic Byway R • Prink Hill Lane – 0.7 mile from County Route Ulster encompasses several roads in the Hamlets of 20 (Susquehanna Turnpike) south to Cochrane n Durham and Cornwallville. The Setting figure o Dutches Road. s on the following page highlights these roads and a Sullivan d description for each road is provided below. • Stonebridge Road – 1.0 mile from Shady Glen Hu Road west to County Route 20. • County Route 20 – 4.0 miles from the CT • Cunningham Road – 0.4 mile from the Town of Orange Schoharie County line east to the Hamlet of Durham line east to Sutton Road. Putnam Durham (this portion being also known as the Susquehanna Turnpike) 0.8 mile then continuing • Sutton Road – 3.4 miles from Cunningham south to Cochrane Road (this portion being Road east to County Route 20. Westchester also known as Dugway Road); 0.7 mile then • Cornwallville Road – 0.3 mile from County Rockland continuing east to the junction with Gulf Route 20 in the Hamlet of Cornwallville south Schoolhouse Road; then excepting the 0.1-mile to the Flinn Road junction; then excepting the NJ segment from Gulf Schoolhouse to the forked approximately 1.2 mile-segment between Flinn intersection at Stonebridge Road; 0.9 mile then Road and Fall Creek; 0.8 mile then continuing continuing south to Sutton Road; 3.0 miles then to the Hervey Street junction; then excepting the Bronx continuing east through Cornwallville to the 0.3-mile segment between Hervey Street and Hudson junction with County Route 20B. Throp Creek; 0.4 mile then continuing east to a point beyond the next creek (unnamed); then 0510 15 20 • County Route 10 – 1.4 miles from County Miles Route 20 (Susquehanna Turnpike) south to the excepting the approximately 0.5 mile remaining to the State Route 23 junction. The Durham Valley is part of the geographic area Town of Durham line. loosely defined as the Mid-Hudson Valley. 1 Durham Valley Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan 403 Potter Hollow Rd Marks Rd 362 McCafferty Rd TOWN OF RENSSELAERVILLE Sunset Rd Maple Ave Saybrook Hill Rd C Saybrook Valley Rd a t Potter Hollow Mountain Rd sk North Rd ill 81 Cr eek 81 145 Schoolhouse Hill Rd 75 Carter Bridge Rd 354 ALBANY COUNTY k e e Cr 81 GREENE COUNTY e O il Mackey Rd d a OAK HILL M R Allan Teator Rd k n w H e o T l i l ll o ollowRd Rd H BrandH Old Plank Rd d C n M la a r a Brandow y Ca B n tskill 81 sa DURHAM 22 H C r i re d Memorial l ek l 81 Big A h Rd W v Park Stonitc o e o d TOWN OF DURHAM Teator Rd 20 s R 145 27 d 67 n L l l i 20 WEST H D Hillcrest Rd k u n i g DURHAM r w P a TOWN OF GREENVILLE y C R Shipley Rd a d 145 t Coch s rane R k Durham Rd d i d l l R Brown Rd dey Glen Rd C e r g e d Hulls Corners Rd Sha i e r 20 k B r 20 e rt a Elliott Place C Stone Bridge Rd Stone Bridge Rd e Rd us O’Hara Rd 10 o H Stone Bridge Rd orp C Linda Ln Th re Rd ol ek am ho + h Pratt Rd Sc ing lf 20 Mount Pisgah nn Gu llville Creek EAST Cu rnwa Co DURHAM Weed Rd C Big Woods Rd orn Sutton Rd Rockwell Rd wa llv ill k e CORNWALLVILLE ich R r d e ede C e D r d r e k ill R e e H d Sutton Rd n C k e e R r ld p r C o t o 145 e G c e h i r T s t Moores Rd 67 a Mount Pisgah S Park Ln Woodard Rd B y Rd + e 20B v Mt Nebo Cornw State Forest r 10 e Rd H n 20 Hyland 32 allvi k in e l e d F k r R e lle Rd Strong Rd e C r d r 21 y o C r F p e FREEHOLD r w d o l Mt Hayden + o h o B T h e e Moores Rd Je r n F ning s R d TOWN OF WINDHAM Mullins Rd C Dunn Rd a 32 ts Paddock Rd k ill C r ek e re Hervey S 20 e e C k llvill Hervey Sunside Rd unside Rd Setting Cornwa Old Sunsi Tyler Rd vey de R side Rd k er d HERVEY STREET e H Sun e r Designated State C ll ek H a e Scenic Byway F rv rp Cre e Tho y + S SUNSIDE Conservation tr Ginseng Mtn e k 145 et e Easement Rd e r Morrison Rd C y r State Forest e + DURSO w Long Path o Mt Zoar B CORNER EAST 23 merman WINDHAM Tim Catskill Park Boundary Old Edison South Durham Rd SOUTH 31 20 DURHAM Sunside Rd 23 High Peak Rd Windham Peak owery Creek Wild Forest B 23 Old Road TOWN OF CAIRO Windham High Peak 00.250.5 0.75 1 Miles + Durham Valley Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan 2 Corridor Identification For example, a road such as Sutton Road follows the a graphic perspective the extent to which the contours of the land and offers broad open views of landscape influences the Scenic Byway’s intrinsic Unlike many other state designated scenic and Durham Valley showcasing the distinct rolling hills qualities. It is this viewshed mapping that captures historic byways that consist primarily of one long of farm fields, farmsteads, and stream corridors. In the greatest concentration of resources and visitor linear corridor, the Durham Valley Scenic Byway contrast, a road such as Cornwallville Road follows opportunities. It is this viewshed mapping that is a network of historic corridors that traverses the the rolling topography and offers close views of defines the Scenic Byway Corridor for which this Durham Valley. All of the scenic roads contribute tree-lined drives, sugar maple rows, and historic Corridor Management Plan is designed. a distinct individual character, making the network dairy barns. of scenic roads an authentic and high quality Description of the Durham Valley In order to define the Scenic Byway Corridor for experience that expresses the intrinsic values of the Scenic Byway and Corridor Durham Valley. The intrinsic values include broad the purposes of this document, the Scenic Byway scenic views across the Durham Valley, cultural Coordinating Committee conducted a visual The Durham Valley Scenic Byway (Scenic Byway) resources including historic houses, farms, stone analysis to identify those areas of the Durham spotlights a region where mountains begin quite bridges and walls, and natural resources such as Valley visible from the designated scenic roads. dramatically with the Catskill Escarpment rising up the backdrop of the Catskill Mountains and the This viewshed mapping (see below) captures from suddenly from the Hudson Valley. In a press release Durham Valley’s streams. 403 The Durham Valley has been an agricultural 362 TOWN OF RENSSELAERVILLE community for several hundred years and is defined 81 81 by working farm landscapes interspersed by several 145 75 354 UNTY ALBANY CO 81 hamlets. All are connected by a network of county GREENE COUNTY OAK HILL and town roads, many of which are scenic roads. Brandow DURHAM 22 81 Memorial 81 The scenic roads are the most significant of these Park 20 TOWN OF DURHAM 145 27 historic road corridors. The east-west scenic roads 67 WEST 20 DURHAM traverse valley hillsides, while the north-south TOWN OF GREENVILLE scenic roads loop up and around rolling hills and 145 down into stream valleys. The forested hillsides 20 20 of the Catskills Mountains to the west contrast the 10 + 20 Mount Pisgah EAST geometric patterns of the rural agricultural lands DURHAM that surround the hamlets of gridded streets and CORNWALLVILLE 145 Mount Pisgah 67 historic buildings. + 20B Mt Nebo State Forest 10 20 32 k e e 21 r C p FREEHOLD r Mt Hayden + o h Definition of the Scenic Byway Corridor T 32 TOWN OF WINDHAM k The term “Scenic Byway Corridor” refers to more ee 20 Cr ville Cornwall Scenic Byway Corridor HERVEY STREET than just the 21 miles of designated scenic roads k e e r C ll a Designated State Scenic Byway F and immediately adjacent areas because of the + Thorp Creek SUNSIDE Ginseng Mtn 145 unique corridor identification.
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