Background you can feel free to skip: Facebook is a funny thing. It can suck away precious hours of your life that you should be spending doing actual stuff, but it can also introduce you to amazing new hikes and funny cat pictures that you might never have found otherwise. Thank you, Chris Fraley! And Mark Zuckerberg. The only minor bummer about this hike is the road noise that accompanies you for a good portion near the beginning, since the trail parallels the very busy Route 6.
But what this hike lacks in a deep-wilderness vibe, it more than makes up for with its pleasant trails and off-the-hizzle views of the Hudson River and Bear Mountain Bridge far below. Be prepared to use your hands. Also, if you have any ideas for updates to this trail guide to keep others from getting lost, please let me know β it seems to be a recurring problem here.
Continuing notes for humans: Some comments on the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference online guide for this hike mention the difficulty in following the blazes here. It seems this hike has developed a bit of a reputation for being tough to navigate. Bonus logistical caution: At the trailhead directions at the bottom of this guide , a posted sign says that the parking lot closes at 5pm.
Dude, no dawn to dusk? Thank you for cluing me in with your comment, Dewan! And for this link to a Google Map picture of the additional lot!
Oh no! I had to rebuild this page to fix a mobile formatting problem, and it deleted the comments. Sorry, commenting people!
