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WARNING/DISCLAIMER: Hiking can be dangerous and the information furnished below may contain errors! |
Bald Mountain & The Timp Hike
Total Distance: approximately 7 miles
Difficulty: medium+
Estimated hiking time: approximately 4.5 hours (group)
Hiking Notes
Take the 1777E trail (red blazes, blue initially, white disks?) until the 1777 trail (also red blazes, white disks?). Then make a left onto the 1777 trail south until the intersection of the Timp-Torne trail (blue blazes, this is an easily missed intersection!). Make a right onto the Timp-Torne trail to the Timp. Eat lunch.
Take the Ramapo Dunderberg trail (red blazes) until the Cornell Mine trail (blue blazes). Make a left on the Cornell Mine trail and take it to where it intersects Route 9W. Then pick up the trail again and continue north until you intersect the 1777E trail Take this north until reach the Bear Mountain Inn area.
REFERENCES: NY-NJTC Map #4 (Harriman Bear Mountain Trails)Other Useful Information
We are meeting, promptly, at 8:00am in front of TBA. Drivers should double park their cars in front of the building (please gas up BEFORE coming). All passengers are expected to contribute their fair share towards gas, parking fees, and tolls! We will return to the city in mid to late afternoon. Rain cancels the trip.
Driving Directions from NYC to Bear Mountain
From NYC take the George Washington Bridge to the Palisades Interstate Parkway (going north). Take the Palisades Interstate Parkway for about 40 miles until its end at the traffic circle just before Bear Mountain Bridge.
At the traffic circle make a right onto Route 9W South and follow signs to Bear Mountain. Veer right at the fork in the road just south of the traffic circle. Take Route 9W South until the entrance to Bear Mountain Park/Inn
(Bear Mountain Inn: N 41.31314, W 073.98892) which should be less than a mile from the traffic circle.Park in the main parking field (there may be a $6.00 fee) to the left after the parking toll booth.
Driving distance is about 46 miles and the total driving time is estimated at under one hour without traffic.
Public Transportation
From the Port Authority in New York City there is a bus that leaves people off in front of the Bear Mountain Inn.
Questions: Michael Brochstein
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Bear Mountain Inn (August 2001) |
Marker for 1777E & Timp-Torne trails found near beginning of hike. (June 2004) | |
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270 degree panoramic view from "The Timp". New York City's skyline can be discerned in the distance on a clear day. (June 2004) |
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Last updated: 06/2004
