Jul 11, 2014
Did you think there was only one treasure legend in Harriman State Park? (I did.) Looking for the source of the name “Letterrock Mountain”, I found an intriguing article in the New York Times from 1934. It started this way: “Musty legends, yellowed...
Jun 6, 2014
The Harriman “Hotspots”: Most Popular (and crowded) parts of the park If you love the park but are wary of large crowds on the weekend, avoid the Harriman “hotspots” of Lake Welch, Bear Mountain and the Reeves Meadow Visitor Center. Other...
May 31, 2014
Park at the service area on northbound I-87 in Ramapo, New York, and pick up the trail from the southeast side of the lot. Trails for the Curious Two Saturdays ago I counted more than 100 cars in and on the road in front of the Reeves Meadow Visitor Center in Harriman...
May 30, 2014
Nesting Eagles at Nawahunta? Tony Caterino told me in an email that a bald (or else, balding) eagle might be nesting in the tall pines on the north shore of Lake Nawahunta: “This morning I went to Lake Nawahunta and spent a few hours fishing. It was a gorgeous...
