ABOUT THE PARK:
Hyde Park Trails Healthy Walkabout - Hyde Park, NY
Hyde Park Trails Maps and Info
Hyde Park Walkabout Brochure with Maps
DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates 41.787213, -73.924851
TRAIL MAP:
Hackett Hill Park Trail Map - Hyde Park, NY
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HIKE DISTANCE:
Hackett Hill Park - 1.6 miles
hiked together with
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Sites - 10 miles
THE HIKE:
On November 20, 2015 Shawnee and I hiked 5 of the Hyde Park trails and earned a patch. On November 20, 2017, Brodie and I hiked two of the Hyde Park Walkabout Trails and needed three more to to complete all 10 trails and earn our second patch. That was our mission on this day.
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| For such a small park, the trails are incredibly hard to find. For lack of anything better, we went up the steps from the parking lot towards the recreation office. I knew we had to hike the perimeter trails (red and green) but where the heck were they? |
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| Just as we got to the top of the steps a park maintenance man pulled in and he directed us across the disc golf course towards the woods parallel to the road. |
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| And there is the trail, but not at all visible from the parking lot. |
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| The trails are quite hilly and rugged. |
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| There are good directional signs at each intersection. |
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| At the end of red, turning left on the green Woodland Trail. |
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| A short side trip on yellow to ... |
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| ... Gorilla Rock. It does indeed look like the head of a gorilla! |
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| Back on green. |
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| Orange joins in for a bit before ... |
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| ... we left green for blue which was a bit longer than finishing on green but it follows Crum Elbow Creek so it was more scenic. |
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| It was that cold out - 19 degrees! |
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| Blue ends at a field with the parking lot across the way. |
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| On the way back to the car I noticed a sign for the trails in the parking lot but that would take you to the center of the park not the perimeter trails that we had hiked. |
We decided to go out this way today. We hoped to do a Val-kill Trail, but the parking area was gated closed. I'm not sure if it was due to the government shutdown or just because it was Christmas. Luckily we had a plan B and went to Hackett Hill Park. We remembered enough of your directions on how to find the trailhead - I agree it was confusing - and would be great if there were actually signs at the trailhead to show you how to find the trails. Krummholz did great. He doesn't like walking through water - and ends up rolling around in the leaves to dry off. He's gotta get over that, lol. We spent some time at Gorilla Rock doing some training. I tried to get him to pose on a rock wall wearing a too big for him santa hat, but he would have none of that!
ReplyDeleteYes, Val-Kill, FDR and Vanderbilt are all closed because of the government shutdown. I was just saying I got them done and got the patch just in time! Krummholz is sounding like Brodie with the aversion to water and santa hats, LOL.
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