May 1, 2014
We recently added a page with Harriman trail suggestions for hiking with kids, from the very small pip-squeak to those capable of doing a few miles. Harriman can be tough on the little ones, because there aren’t too many trails that are short and easy, and you...
Apr 18, 2014
Not on the Map For the weekend, at least, a kind of summer visited downstate New York. Saturday dawned cloudless and crystalline, with just enough of a chill to make you wonder if you’d need a sweatshirt on the trails. But by the time we got to Harriman and...
Mar 31, 2014
Where can you park at Harriman State Park and Bear Mountain and (more importantly) how do you know? There are almost 50 legal parking areas within or adjacent to Harriman State Park and Bear Mountain (a few less during the winter, when seasonal roads are closed). ...
Mar 19, 2014
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...
