ABOUT THE PARK:
Port Jervis Watershed Trails - National Geographic
Port Jervis Watershed Trails - Facebook Page
DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates 41.40924, -74.68910
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| Deerpark Dam Parking |
TRAIL MAPS:
Watershed Maps - Port Jervis Watershed Trails Facebook Page
HIKE DISTANCE: 7.2 miles
THE HIKE:
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| Trails are accessed from the far end of the parking lot. |
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| These directional posts are at all intersections. We turned right on yellow and would be coming back from the left on blue. |
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| Deerpark Dam visible from the trail. |
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| Before yellow makes a hard turn to the left (we'd be picking that up later) we worked our way over to the entrance road we had driven in on for a short road walk portion. |
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| At the dam ... |
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| ... keeping to the right. |
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| Before the paved road veers left, straight on the white-blazed Delaware Trail beyond the yellow gate. We would be returning from the left. |
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| Keeping straight on white. |
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| Lots of nice water views along the way and ... |
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| ... views of High Point Monument in New Jersey in the distance. |
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| Leaving white and turning left on the blue Lost Bear Trail. |
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| This downy woodpecker ... |
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| ... had quite a hole going in this tree. |
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| I had been looking for a boulder or log to take a break but they are all incorporated into the mountain bike trails. |
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| Ahhh, finally some boulders off trail to sit on. As soon as we parked ourselves, the only group of mountain bikers we saw on this part came by. |
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| At the end of blue, we turned left on the Tufted Trail. |
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| This trail is not actually blazed but there are occasional watershed markers along the way. |
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| The woods road continues straight but the Tufted Trail turns left ... |
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| ... and becomes more narrow. |
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| The sound of rushing water follows from down below to the right. The trail finally meets up with it but it doesn't cross over. |
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| Shortly after crossing over this creek on a woods road ... |
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| ... the Tufted Trail leaves to the left. We kept straight on Pine View which is not blazed. |
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| Balloon #6 of the year. |
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| Pine View ends at a yellow gate where we turned left ... |
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| ... following the paved road where we had picked up the Delaware Trail earlier. |
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| Passing back by the dam ... |
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| ... and keeping left on the road to the parking lot. |
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| We could have stayed with this road back to the car but why when there are trails? |
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| We connected back up to the yellow trail just at the tip of the rise but did not turn left to retrace the was we started. We turned right since the yellow trail loops around heading back to the parking lot so we did not have to retrace. |
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| A level higher up from where we had been on yellow at the beginning of the hike. |
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| At the end of yellow, left on blue. |
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| Back at the parking lot. |
Beautiful! We hike that park all the time, there's some nice views of Port Jervis on the other side of the park as well.
ReplyDeleteJust up the street is "Hawks nest" for beautiful views of the Delaware river and 'Mongaup River trail' starts at 41.427016, -74.755389. Beautiful and easy in and out, just make sure it's open before you go.
Thanks! I have hiked all of those places. It's a gorgeous area.
Delete7.2 miles! Your hip is rocking it!
ReplyDeleteWhen I plotted out the route in Gaia it came to 6 miles, which was the plan. Didn't work out that way, lol. Other than just a little hamstring and glute soreness yesterday, all is back to normal today so I think I can safely say 7.2 miles is good. Didn't think I would attain that this fast. Hiking pain-free with the new hip is fantastic!
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