When submitting eBird observations at Big Flats Trail, it is most helpful to start a new checklist for each hotspot along the trail. Use the general hotspot when you have a checklist that includes multiple locations or if no other hotspot or personal location is appropriate for your sightings.

The Big Flats Trail is a pleasant walk between wetland habitat and farmland. This short community trail sits atop a sewer line that Corning Glassworks installed to serve its Big Flats plant. Corning provided the crushed stone surface for the trail.

The main trailhead is located near the center of the path off Kahler Road. The park has a pond, nature trail, and picnic pavilion. Community volunteers developed it in tribute to New York State Trooper Andrew J. Sperr, who was killed in the line of duty by suspected bank robbers. The park was designed as a continuation of the Lowe Pond wetland area. 

Heading west from the trailhead, the trail descends briefly and flattens for about a mile. Wetlands on both sides of the trail make this a great place to observe the variety of bird life here. The trail ends at Winters Road (also called CR-17 and South Hibbard Road). This entire section of the trail is open wetlands and doesn't provide much shade.

East from the Kahler Road trailhead is a more shaded experience. Woods on one side of the trail and a line of trees on the other keep you under leafy cover. The line of trees separates you from cultivated farmland until the trail dead-ends just before reaching Big Flats Road (CR-64). There is no easy access to the road from this location.

A local transportation council has recommended that the Big Flats Rail Trail be connected to Consumer Square Mall and Big Flats Town Center, and extend to the Town of Horseheads, connecting it with the Catharine Valley Trail. If these extensions are made, this trail will become more than a pleasant place to walk or bike; it will be a useful transportation connection for the community.