Here’s an easy overnight trip that starts along the Hudson River, ends with a beer at Bear Mountain Inn, and puts you in one of the prettiest viewsheds in the Hudson Valley. In 2016, I’m challenging myself to spend at least one night a month sleeping out...
Come this summer, you’ll have a whole new way to experience and explore Harriman State Park. Picture this: you leave the city on Friday afternoon, catching the Metro-North train out to Tuxedo, New York. The hiker’s shuttle is waiting for this late train,...
This is the first in a series of posts about Tuxedo, New York, emerging as a “trail town” and gateway to the Hudson Valley. The Kiosk: Where Adventure Begins Like other hikers, I’m drawn to trailhead kiosks. They’re little beacons that stand...
Hike To Anthony’s Nose: Choose the South-Facing Slope. With the warmer weather, winter is loosening its grip on Harriman State Park, and every day the streams and rills are a little faster and wider, and the ice on the trails is giving way to mud, especially...
Hiking Harriman’s Hemlock Woods Eyes tired of the winter: of blackening snow at the edge of the parkway, of tawny fields, the rattling nakedness of the upland hardwood forest in winter. Grey-brown, all around. Lately, I’m looking for the green cover of...
Need the quick on-foot getaway from New York City? Sure you do! And there’s no better time to cross the top of Harriman State Park than early October. UPDATE (JULY 4, 2015): Now you can use the Tuxedo-Harriman shuttle (weekends only) to get to the start of...
