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WARNING/DISCLAIMER: Hiking can be dangerous and the information furnished below may contain errors! |
Jackie Jones Mountain Hike
Length: 5.4 miles
Difficulty: moderate - strenuous (1,300' elevation gain, some rocky terrain / trailbed)
Estimated Hiking Time: 3.5+ hours
From the parking area take the Long Path
(turquoise blazes) westward until you get to the Big Hill
Shelter. The Long Path will combine with the Suffern-Bear
Mountain trail (S-BM, yellow blazes) prior to Big Hill Shelter.
Turn around (reverse direction) at the Big Hill Shelter
and take the combined Long Path / S-BM until they separate.
Stay on the S-BM when they separate. Take the S-BM until
you reach the Jackie Jones Fire Tower.
Turn
around (reverse direction) at the Fire Tower (after eating your
lunch there). Take the S-BM south until you reach the intersection
with the Long Path and then make a hard left onto the Long
Path heading eastward and take it back to the parking area.
References: NY-NJ Trail
Conference Trail Map #118 (Southern Harriman - Bear Mountain Trails).
Driving Directions from NYC to the Trailhead Parking Area
From NYC take the George Washington Bridge to the
Palisades Interstate Parkway (going north). Exit the Parkway at Exit 14.
Make a left onto Willow Grove Road / Route 98 (heading westward).
After about half a mile make a left onto Call Hollow Road (Route 75).
Drive for about half a mile and park in one of the small parking areas
(you want to park near the blazes for the Long Path hiking trail
(turquoise blazes). Park here (GPS: N 41.21793, W 74.05074).
Driving distance is about 34 miles from the Upper West Side of NYC and the
total driving time is estimated at about 45 minutes without traffic.
Click here for What to Bring on a Hike
Click here for Information for Group Hikes
Questions: Michael Brochstein
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| The parking area. The trailhead is marked by a turquoise blaze on a wooden tree stump slightly to the right of the car. October 2014 | ||
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| The trailhead for the Long path (turquoise blaze on the tree stump slightly to the right of the path). October 2014 | A marker for the Long Path (most trail markers on this hike will use paint and not this type of marker). October 2014 | |
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| The "Big Hill" shelter. September 2014 | ||
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| Jackie Jones Fire Tower. September 2014 | ||
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| View from Jackie Jones Fire Tower. September 2014 | ||
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| View from Jackie Jones Fire Tower. September 2014 | ||
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| View from Jackie Jones Fire Tower. September 2014 | ||
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| Fall Colors. October 2014 | ||
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| Fall Colors. October 2014 | ||
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| Fall Colors. October 2014 | ||
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Last updated: 10/2014
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