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Beaver Meadow Nature Center: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; 1-5 p.m. Sun.; closed Mondays and holidays. 1610 Welch Road, North Java, Wyoming County. $2 donation requested. 457-3228.

Black Creek Park: 1.4-mile Ridge Trail winds though wetlands and a forest, and leads to the highest point in the park. 1,505 acres also offer bridle trails, a lodge, a playground and a shelter. 6 a.m.-11 p.m. daily. Entrances off Union Street and Chili-Riga Town Line Road. Free. 256-4950 or www.co.monroe.
ny.us/parks/blackcreek.stm.

City of Rochester: ''Trees in Our Neighborhoods.'' Walks through historic parks, cemeteries and neighborhoods. June 12 and 26, July 24, Aug. 7 and Sept. 4. Call for details. 428-6770.

Crescent Trail Hiking Association: self-guided walks over 23 miles of public footpaths in Perinton. Maps available at Perinton Town Hall and Fairport Public Library. P.O. Box 1354, Fairport, NY 14450. 234-1621.

Cumming Nature Center of the Rochester Museum & Science Center: hiking trails at a 900-acre outdoor museum. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.-Sun.; closed major holidays. Gulick Road, South Bristol, Ontario County. Admission: $4; $1.50 students; preschoolers and RMSC members free. 374-6160.

Finger Lakes Trail: more than 800 miles of marked hiking trails; maps, trail guides and novice hiker information available. P.O. Box 18048, Rochester, NY 14618. 658-9320. www.fingerlakes.net/trail
system.

Friends of Webster Trails: Hojack Trail, Vosburg Hollow Wild Area, Webster. www.ggw.org/webstertrails.

Genesee Country Nature Center at Genesee Country Village & Museum: 175-acre site includes five miles of trails through woodlands, wetlands and meadows. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues.-Fri.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. and Sun. 1410 Flint Hill Road, Mumford. $3; $2.50 seniors; $2 ages 4-16; free to museum members and ages 3 and younger; equipment rentals available. 538-6822, ext. 262 or www.gcv.org.

Genesee Valley Greenway: Forty-nine (of proposed) 90-mile rail-to-trail program complete from Ballantyne Road, Chili, to Leicester, Livingston County, and Mount Morris to Allegany County. 658-2569 or www. fogvg.org.

Highland Park 4-H Nature Trail: Half-mile nature trail; brochures and signs available. Behind Cornell Cooperative Extension-Monroe County, 249 Highland Ave. 461-1000.

Indian Hill Recreation Area: self-guided hiking trails. Dawn to dusk daily. Opposite Rochester Telephone Building on south side of Pittsford-Palmyra Road (Route 31), east of Turk Hill Road, Perinton. 234-1621.

Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge: 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Fri. 1101 Casey Road, Alabama, Genesee County. Free. 948-5445.

Letchworth State Park: hiking trails, guided hikes. 14,000-acre park also offers camping, picnicking, swimming and the Glen Iris Inn. Park Road (off Route 36), Mount Morris, Livingston County. $5 admission per car. 493-3600 or 493-3625.

Mendon Ponds Park: guided hikes and self-guided hiking trails. The 2-mile Bird Song trail and 2.7-mile Quaker Pond Trail feature signs indicating visible plants and wildlife. 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily; nature center noon-4 p.m. Thurs.-Sun., closed holidays. Free. Between Clover Street (Route 65) and Pittsford-Mendon Center Road, Pittsford. 334-3780 or www.co.monroe.ny.
us/parks/mendonponds.html.

Northampton Park: 1.5-mile Farm Trail starts at Springdale Farm (a demonstration farm), goes past the animals and a pond and leads into woodland. Includes model airplane field and bridle trails on 973 acres. 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. In Sweden and Ogden, between Route 31 (Brockport-Spencerport Road) and Colby Street. Free. 256-4950 or www.co.monroe.ny.us/ parks/northampton.stm.

Ontario Pathways: County Road 10, near the Ontario County Fairgrounds, Canandaigua. 394-6822.

Powder Mills Park: 1.5-mile Irondequoit Creek Trail offers views of hills, forests, wetlands and ravines. 380-acre park also offers fishing in Irondequoit Creek, tennis, picnicking and lodges. 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. In Perinton and Pittsford, off Route 96. Free. 256-4950 or www.co.monroe.ny.us/parks/
powdermills.stm.

Seneca Park: 1.5-mile Seneca Trail follows the Genesee River gorge and wetlands. Paths from the trail go to the river. 297 acres also offer a playground, a pond, picnicking and the Seneca Park Zoo (admission fee required). A pedestrian bridge connects Seneca Park with Maplewood Park. 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. St. Paul Street, just north of Route 104. Free. 256-4950 or www.co.monroe.ny.us/
parks/seneca.stm.

Sterling Nature Center: 15730 Jensvold Road, P.O. Box 216, Sterling, NY 13156. (315) 947-6143.

Thousand Acre Swamp Sanctuary, Jackson Road opposite Penfield Center Road, Penfield. Daily 10 a.m. to dusk. 385-3907.

Tinker Nature Park Hansen Nature Center: 1525 Calkins Road, Henrietta. 359-7044.

Victor Hiking Trails Inc.: guided hikes second Saturday of every month. Dawn to dusk daily. Victor Town Hall, 85 E. Main St., Victor. Call for locations. 234-8226.