Hike Turkey Hill Lake, Out and Back

Nawakwa Camp Nawakwa, Harriman State Park, NY, United States

Sunday, May 4: Turkey Hill Lake, Out and Back NOTE: Change of Hike Starting Place: The hike will start at the parking area off Route 6, not at the Anthony Wayne parking area. Starting from camp after breakfast clean-up (about 10:30 a.m.), we will shuttle over to the Route 6 parking lot where our hike […]

Hike The Big Ice Cave, Ellenville NY

Ellenville, NY

The Big Ice Cave, Ellenville NY   This adventurous hike will take place in Sam's Point Preserve, a branch location of Minnewaska State Park. I am on the preserve’s calendar as a “private hike,” which means that within a couple of rules, we can go where we please in this rough, steep-sloped, multiply-crevassed bedrock landscape. […]

Hike: Diamond Mountain Circular

Nawakwa Camp Nawakwa, Harriman State Park, NY, United States

Starting at camp we will make our way along camp road toward 7 lakes drive which we will cross to access the “Tuxedo Mt Ivy Trail”. We will only stay for a short distance on the TMI before we turn right onto the “Stony Brook Trail” and then left onto the orange “Hilburn Torne Sebago […]

Annual Torrey Memorial Hike to Long Mountain and Turkey Hill Lake

Harriman State Park Harriman State Park, Harriman, NY, United States

Saturday, July 12, 2025, 10:15 a.m. Hikers will gather at the parking area off Long Mountain Parkway by 10:15 a.m.From the parking area, we will follow the Long Path to the Torrey Memorial, at the summit of Long Mountain. From there, we’ll backtrack to the Popolopen Gorge trail, follow a woods road to the Anthony […]

Parker Cabin Mountain Circular Hike

Nawakwa Camp Nawakwa, Harriman State Park, NY, United States

Parker Cabin Mountain Circular Burn off the Oktoberfest sausages and beer with a moderate-pace, qualifying hike the morning after. We’ll take the camp trail to the Yellow Triangle trail, head up to Parker Cabin Mountain, then continue north on the R-D to the Victory, which we’ll use to circle back to the Triangle and back […]

Hike Peekskill Blue Mountain Reservation Circular

Harriman State Park Harriman State Park, Harriman, NY, United States

From Peekskill train station we’ll walk (or shuttle) to Blue Mountain Reservation and follow local trails to the summit of Spitzenberg Mountain for stunning views of the Hudson River. Returning to the main trail, we’ll complete a rough circle around the reservation and make our way back to the train station. Expect moderately rugged trails […]

Hike the High Points of Southern Harriman

Harriman State Park Harriman State Park, Harriman, NY, United States

High Points of Southern Harriman Sunday Oct 26th. Destination: The Russian Bear. 5 miles qualifying, less than 1,000 feet elevation gain, much walking on rocky, rough trail. This point-to-point hike will have a quick, setup shuttle in the AM. We will put a car(s) at Reeves Meadow Visitor Center and return to our start. Hike route includes the water power of the Cascade of […]

Jamaica Bay Birding Walk

Join Ingrid and Michelle for a moderate-pace birding walk with lots of stops to look at birds. Bring your binoculars! Field guides are welcome, too. We’ll walk around the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, then check out two spots at or near the East Pond. Expect to see waterfowl and, if we’re lucky, […]

Hike Tom Jones Mountain with return via Parker Cabin Mountain

Harriman State Park Harriman State Park, Harriman, NY, United States

Starting at Camp, we will take the unmarked trail north alongside Sebago until we meet with the yellow triangle trail. We’ll turn right and follow the trail for 1.15 miles to the intersection with the blue Victory trail. We’ll make another right turn and follow the trail for about 1.8 miles, past Lake Skenonto and […]