Lemon Squeezer and Island Pond Mountain - Harriman State Park, NY

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Darkmatter

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This was actually my first trip ever to Harriman State Park to do any hiking surprisingly enough. For some reason I always avoided it thinking it would be crowded and terrible but I was completely mistaken! It was a fantastic day under a blue sky with plenty of varied hiking and landscapes to enjoy. I will certainly be heading back to see what else the park has to offer.

Plenty of pictures and full report at the link....

https://operationalaska30.com/2016/...a-lake-askoti-harriman-state-park-ny-6-11-16/
 
Thanks for bringing back some great memories from growing up. Use to spend quite a bit of time there growing up. Glad to see it has not changed much in almost 50 years.
 
Thanks for bringing back some great memories from growing up. Use to spend quite a bit of time there growing up. Glad to see it has not changed much in almost 50 years.

Glad to hear it hasn't changed much, means I will be able to enjoy it for some time. Im kind of mad at myself for not really checking it out sooner. The craziness of Bear Mountain always made me not want to bother with the rest of the park.
 
Thanks for the report. Many nice loops possible around there. Also good point-to-point hikes. We like going from Arden Valley Road to the Tuxedo train station. There's also a very dramatic loop that starts at Arden Valley Road and circles around Island Pond. And then there's a Harriman traverse from Arden Valley Road to Bear Mountain Inn with many possible alternate routes.
 
If you haven't hiked in Harriman much yet then I recommend eastern end of Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail that can be combined with Timp-Torne Trail into a loop (see http://hiking.waymarkedtrails.org/#?map=15!41.2842!-73.9797 ). You will get a couple of nice viewpoints and will traverse a few sections of Dunderberg Spiral Railway that was meant to be an early version of a roller-coaster (see http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/dunderberg/history.html for excellent piece on DSR history) but the project ran out of money before it was completed. If you have a gps don't miss N41° 17.420' W73° 58.036' that is less that 200 feet off trail but quite a piece of local history.
 
Thanks for the sugestions guys! Lots of cool looking hikes I will have to check out. Its pretty cool to check out the history of the area as well.
 
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