Golfing & Birding
Golfing in Inlet
Inlet Golf Club is an exquisite 18 hole public golf course nestled among the vast lakes and rivers of the Adirondack Mountains. Originally designed in the 1920s, the course presents a challenging and scenic layout to players of all skill levels. Our state-of-the-art irrigation system ensures immaculate playing conditions throughout the season. The golf club is family owned, and the entire staff is dedicated to ensuring that your visit will inspire you to return for years to come.
Open May 7 through Columbus Day.
Birding in Inlet
If you are looking for Mourning Warblers, the area along the Wheeler Pond Loop Snowmobile Trail north of Old Forge is a good place to go. Leave Route 28 at the Subway Shop, go north on North Street past the soccer fields on your left, which have nesting Bluebirds, then go off the paved road at the airport.
Listen for Common Snipe winnowing — that's the sound made by their tail feathers while in flight — in the air over the North Branch of the Moose River. Continue on crossing the river, and in that low area are Yellow Warbler, Gray Catbird, American Bittern and Alder Flycatcher.
Just after crossing the flat area, take your first right. You are now on part of the Wheeler Pond loop. Listen for singing Mourning, Black-throated Green, Black-throated Blue, and Blackburnian warblers anywhere along this loop. The Mourning Warblers are hiding in the blackberry patches along this trail. Normally, there are about five pairs here.
About a half mile out on the right side of the trail, the woods drop off sharply into the bog swamp along the Moose River. In this area there are Yellow-bellied and Olive-sided flycathers. Red-breasted Nuthatch, Gray Jay, and Black-backed Woodpecker. Continue along this trail and you'll hit the main trail. Go right here for a short ways down a small hill to a spot where you can look out on the open bog for the birds listed above. Now turn around and continue west to complete the Wheeler Pond loop.
Follow the railroad tracks, which are on your right most of the way, until you hit the North Street extension, where you can go south (left) back to the beginning. There are also some neat butterflies in this area, including Baltimore Checkerspot, American Copper, Red and White Admiral, Great Spangled Fritillary, Common Wood Nymph, and Northern Pearly-eye.
