Take the Timp-Torne Trail (TT, blue blazes) westward from the road. It is found just south of the parking area. Stay on the TT as the Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail (RD, red blazes) splits off to the right and as it intersects with the 1777 Trail (red blazes). Take the TT all the way to the top of The Timp. Enjoy the view!

Reverse direction. Take the Timp-Torne trail (blue blazes) until the 1777 trail (red blazes). Do not go right onto the "Red Timp" trail (white circle with red outline and red cross through it). Do not go left onto the red blazed Ramapo-Dunderberg trail which you will intersect prior to intersecting the 1777 trail. The intersection of the Timp-Torne and 1777 trails is not well marked!

Make a right onto the 1777 trail and take it directly back to Route 9W. The parking lot is to your left, walk a short distance (10 minutes?) north on Route 9W to get to your car.

Take the George Washington Bridge to the Palisade Interstate Parkway North, exit at exit 15, turn left (eastward) towards Stony Point (Route 210 East which is also State Route 106 East at this point), at the end of Route 210, turn left onto Route 9W North (if you went straight by accident you would enter a shopping center).

After about 4.4 miles watch carefully for a Dead End sign on the right side that says Jones Point below it. Park in the parking lot on the left side of Route 9W (opposite the Dead End sign/turn-off for Jones Point). You will pass a large ship anchor monument on the right before reaching the parking area (GPS: N 41.28109, W 073.96301).

If you pass the entrance to Bear Mountain State Park, you have gone a few miles too far (turn around and go back south on Route 9W and look carefully on the left for the Dead End sign that says Jones Point below it). The total driving distance from NYC to the trail head is about 44 miles.

Public Transportation

From the Port Authority in New York City there is a bus that leaves people off on Route 9W near Jones Point and the trailhead.