Spafford Forest

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Coordinates: 42°47′32″N76°13′16″W / 42.7923319°N 76.2210263°W / 42.7923319; -76.2210263

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Spafford Forest is an Onondaga County preserve that provides trails for hiking and dirt biking. It is close to Ripley Hill.

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Ripley Hill straddles the divide between the Skaneateles Lake and Otisco Lake watersheds, it was once considered to be the highest point in Onondaga County, New York at 1,986 feet, but is now recognized to be slightly lower than the high point of Highland Forest, Fellows Hill 2019 ft and Morgan Hill at 2060 ft.


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