Deputron Hollow Road and Olsefski Road, Danby – Three Trailheads
This is a delightful woods road walk that takes us through a usually deserted and heavily forested part of eastern Danby near the Caroline town line. Deputron Hollow Road is mostly an unmaintained seasonal road that’s still somewhat drivable and still used by drivers once in a great while — Olsefski Road is completely abandoned by the Town but does have some seasonal residences on it. Parts of both roads are shown on the Google Map I’ve linked to — you can get a better sense of where the roads go by looking at the Town of Danby official highway map here. For hikes #25-1 and #25-2 we start our walk by heading south on Marsh Road until it ends — this is a very nice country setting with a few houses and some fields — then we get into the woods. The early part of this walk is somewhat hilly with ups and downs, and the stretch through the woods is very attractive. It’s possible to keep going on Deputron Hollow Road until you reach Coddington Road — the last stretch near Coddington is paved and has houses. You can get a good overview of the area by looking at the satellite view from Google Maps here.
Hike #25-1
This is our traditional trailhead for this hike
Meet-up: Corner of East Miller Road and Marsh Road
A downside to using this trailhead is the very exposed roadwalk up and down the paved portion of Marsh Rd at the beginning and end of the hike. Not so great for a hot summer hike, but we’ll keep it for the views across the valley in cooler months
Hike # 25-2
This trailhead has us parking further down Marsh Rd along the wide shoulder opposite 115 Marsh Rd. It cuts out the paved portion of Marsh Rd at East Miller Rd.
We make up the elimination of the top portion of Marsh Rd of hike #25-1 by turning onto Olsefski Rd during the return hike up Deputron Hollow Rd. This gives us a short break from the steady uphill climb while we walk along some nice seasonal roads with the remnants of old stone walls along Olsefski Rd.
Google map pin: 115 Marsh Rd – Google Maps
Hike # 25-3
One of our hike leaders has been advocating for us to start this hike from Coddington RD. With that request in mind, and since I was editing the page to add the second trailhead option, I am adding a pin for a third trailhead at the junction of Coddington and Deputron Hollow Rds. Obviously, for this hike the first hour of the hike will be an uphill climb on Deputron Hollow RD. Parking is scarce at that intersection, so park carefully if we choose to hike from this trailhead.
Google map pin: Coddington Rd & Deputron Hollow Rd – Google Maps
Last edit: 07-16-2025 JFR