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Summerhill State Forest

Summer Hill State Forest
Sun shining through the trees with a light dusting of snow
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Finger Lakes Region
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4,355 acres of dense forest land well suited for snowmobiling, cross country skiing, hiking, hunting, trapping, wildlife viewing, and informal horseback riding. The first settlers on or near the Hewitt-Cayuga Highlands arrived in 1792 in the town of Niles and later traveled to Moravia, Locke, Sempronius, Scott, and Summerhill. Nathaniel Fillmore, one of the first to settle in Summerhill, was the father of U.S. President Millard Fillmore. The majority of Summer Hill State Forest was purchased by the State in parcels in the 1930s. During this period, lands that had once been cleared for agriculture were restored to forests in an attempt to counteract the crashing economy and loss of jobs. The planting of trees not only created new job opportunities for hundreds of young men, but the opportunities associated with forest products themselves restored hope to hundreds.

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