Saturday, May 4, 2024

Fuller Mountain Preserve, NY

ABOUT THE PARK: 
Fuller Mountain Preserve - Orange County Land Trust

DIRECTIONS: 
GPS Coordinates 41.212518, -74.369599
Small parking lot on Bowen Road.

TRAIL MAPS: 
Fuller Mountain Preserve Trail Map - Orange County Land Trust
Northern New Jersey Highlands Trails Map 152 - New York New Jersey Trail Conference


HIKE DISTANCE: 2.6 miles

THE HIKE: 
This small preserve is 1.7 miles (3 minutes) from the Appalachian Trail parking on Warwick Turnpike at Wawayanda State Park, just over the New York state line.  I had always wanted to hike it as an add-on to a nearby hike that wasn't quite long enough on it's own.
I started on the southern loop hoping to give enough time for the haze to lift before heading to the overlook at the northern end.
Following along Fuller's Brook.
Just the other side of the rock hop it is confusing where to go as no markers are visible.  Finally saw one to the right on a downed log (center of picture).
From there I could see the next marker heading uphill out of the gorge.
The trail then turns left and follows the rim but markers are missing so it is easy to lose the trail.
Coming out on Bowen Road ...
... left to cross over the creek on the road towards the parking lot ...
... then right just after the creek to continue on the orange trail.
We turned right on green which turned out to be the more rugged trail.
Lots of bird activity with more migrants having arrived from the south.  That Scarlet Tanager was serenading almost the entire time.
When green ends, right on orange.
Orange leads directly to the overlook on Round Hill.
I could faintly make out the Catskills in the distance.
And there is that Scarlet Tanager!
Heading back on orange.

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