As in last year, and the year before, Sebago Beach at Harriman State Park will be closed for 2014. I don’t know if it will ever reopen, but I was told it won’t. You can still hike in to see this beach. It seems to change all the time as the sands shift,...
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...
Raymond Torrey’s Description of a Trail Built to Last I woke up this morning thinking it would be easy to throw the dogs in the car and do a five-mile trek through Harriman State Park. And then I woke up again, this time from the dream I had of springtime, and...
Yesterday dawned clear and unseasonably warm as we climbed to the top of Pyngyp Mountain, on the Suffern-Bear Mountain trail, in Harriman State Park. (It would be a few hours before the first of the trail runners of the Irishman’s Suffern to Bear Mountain Run...
An Old New York Times Article Describes the Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail Use this old description to navigate the present trail (even from New York City). The first snow has fallen (and melted away). But if you have another late-season hike in you, and are considering...
There’s a reason the “historic” trails of Harriman State Park — shady remnants of trails that once were — have fallen fallow over the years, and now I know it: they’re tough. This summer I’ve hiked a great many of the...
