ABOUT THE PARK:
Mills-Norrie State Park - New York State Parks
Hyde Park Trail - Hyde Park, NY Recreation Trails
DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates to Norrie Point Marina parking: 41.83259, -73.94091
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| Huge parking lot at the marina. |
TRAIL MAP:
Hyde Park Trails/Mills-Norrie State Parks - Dutchess County, NY
Mills-Norrie State Park Trail Map - New York State Parks
HIKE DISTANCES:
All hikes combined with short drives from one to the other - 8.9 miles:
THE HIKE:
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| From the marina parking lot it isn't clear where to pick up the trails, even with a kiosk right there. |
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| I had seen yellow markers driving in so followed those... |
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| ... over the bridge where the white trail comes in from the right (will take that on the way back to see where it comes out)... |
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| ... then left on white at the kiosk where it leaves yellow. |
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| The marina on the left. |
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| White leads straight to the cabins along the Hudson River. |
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| Mother of Perpetual Help Monastery directly across the Hudson. |
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| The trail passes right through the cabin area. |
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| A little tufted titmouse... |
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| ... eating breakfast. |
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| The entire white trail follows along the Hudson with nonstop views. |
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| Looking straight up the Hudson with a peek of the Catskill Mountains. |
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| Esopus Meadows Lighthouse with the Wilderstein Historic Site in the background. |
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| I probably took 100 pictures of the Catskills. |
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| Are we being followed? |
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| Nearing the end of the white trail. |
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| Blue is mostly woods road and passes some historic points of interest. |
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| Hoyt House Barn Complex |
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| Hoyt House |
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| Historic Ice House |
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| Old stone walls everywhere. |
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| Not knowing who Lewis Gordon Norrie was or how he died so young, I googled and found this. |
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| There are some views of the Hudson from blue but nothing like the views along the white trail. |
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| We got tired of woods road walking so instead of finishing on blue, we took yellow, which was much more to our liking. |
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| On top of the world on yellow. |
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| Yellow joins back up with blue. |
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| Then it is a road walk ... |
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| ... to just past the kiosk where white comes in from the right (where we started the hike) then crosses that bridge and leaves to the left. |
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| It then comes out in the trailer section of the marina parking lot. |
