Oneida County High Point Trip Report
Date: April 19, 2002
Author: Michael Schwartz
Tassel Hill (1,940+ ft)
From NY 12 in Waterville, go east on White Street about 2 1/4 miles to a left fork onto Tassel Hill Road.
This road gets very rutted and rough, and will test your nerves, but could be driven in a passenger car all the
way (1.7 miles) to the flat summit. From here, Bob Packard bushwhacked south 3/4 mile along the ridge
line to the southern area and back. I opted to drive to a point southwest of the southern area and
bushwhack directly to it. Packard probably made the right choice.
one point 3000' south of Tassel Hill (1,940+ ft)
My route to the southern area: From the junction of White Street and Tassel Hill Road, continue straight
(east) on White Street another 0.9 mile to a wet grassy woods road on the left, with room to park on the right.
Bushwhack up this "road" and anything else you can find that goes uphill through a lot of briars and
blow-down to a viewless summit. This was slow going and not worth the slight savings in distance from
Packard's route.