ABOUT THE PARK:
Harriman State Park - The Palisades Parks Conservancy
Harriman State Park - New York State Parks
DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates to Reeves Meadow Visitor Center parking 41.173713, -74.168573
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Reeves Meadow parking lot at 7 AM - it fills up quickly but is always empty this early. |
TRAIL MAP:
NY/NJ Trail Conference Southern Harriman Bear Mountain Trails Map 118
Harriman State Park, NY - Ramapo Torne at EveryTrail
HIKE DISTANCE: 5.3 miles
THE HIKE:
Take the red-square-on-white Pine Meadow Trail on the opposite side of the parking lot from the building and kiosk. |
Pine Meadows Trail |
Looks like a newly downed tree from last week's high winds. |
Some evergreen mountain laurel when all other leaves are gone. |
On orange along the ridge of Ramapo Torne, |
Looking south at I-87. |
Some charring from the fire of October, 2013. |
Heading back to the Seven Hills Trail... |
... where orange joins for a while ... |
... then the trails split apart. |
At almost 13 years of age, she no longer sees the humor in navigating steep crevices. |
Well now, this is a first. Telling me she REALLY does not want to do this. Actually there was no choice because turning back would have been worse since we had just come down a steep scramble. |
I left my gear behind and got her up (under duress) then had to go back for my gear and see that "I told you so" look on her face when I had trouble getting through and up. |
Looking back at the Torne. |
Always happy that she made it up. |
The reward. |
On the Reeves Brook Trail with no Reeves Brook. We hiked this trail last year in October and there were lovely cascades. |
Seriously? This is a first for us - illegal ATV use in Harriman State Park. It's loud, it stinks, it's disgusting, it's destructive and it was reported to both the state park police and the NYNJTC. |
A little bit of Reeves Brook finally. |
Back at the parking lot at noon with quite a few more cars even though it was a dreary day with a few rain drops. |
HIKE SUMMARY:
[ 0.00] Take the red-on-white Pine Meadow Trail from the opposite side of the parking lot from the visitor center and kiosk
[ 0.15] Turn left on blue-on-white Seven Hills Trail
[ 1.60] Keep left on blue-on-white with orange starts to the right
[ 2.05] Turn right on orange when blue-on-white/orange goes straight
[ 2.45] Views at summit of Ramapo Torne, retrace
[ 2.80] Turn right on blue-on-white/orange
[ 3.00] Left on blue-on-white at "7 Hills" painted on rock when orange leaves to the right
[ 3.30] Torne view
[ 3.40] Straight on blue-on-white when black circle-on-white goes right
[ 3.75] Left on white Reeves Brook Trail when blue-on-white goes straight
[ 5.20] Left on red-on-white Pine Meadow Trail when white ends
[ 5.30] Back at parking