This small park contains about 5 miles of easy trails that are a mix of gravel trail and forested trails, with Lake McCormack in the center.
Cheesequake State Park – Yellow, Red, Green
February 18, 2013 Leave a Comment
Easy 4.6 loop in Cheesequake State Park using the Yellow, Red and Green trails.
Terrace Pond – Wawayanda State Park
October 21, 2012 Leave a Comment
Complete hike details, photos, and video on our Terrace Pond page. We headed to West Milford with hopes of hitting peak foliage around Terrace Pond. The trails were at peak but it looked like the recent rain had hurried things along more than we expected at the pond and from the viewpoints. Still gorgeous though…. [...]
Pyramid Mountain – Whale Head, Bear Rock, Kincaid
May 20, 2012 Leave a Comment
The great thing about keeping a Trail Blog is being able to track info about your hikes – but the downside is that it underscores how quickly time passes. I was sure we were just at Pyramid until I noticed that the last entry for it was over a year ago – and that was [...]
Cheesequake State Park – Steamboat Landing
April 21, 2012 Leave a Comment
Sometimes you get so familiar with a place that areas go overlooked. I was flipping through 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: New York City, yet again, but this time a spot on their Cheesequake hike map caught my eye – “Steamboat Landing”. We’ve been to Cheesequake at least a bajillion and a half times – [...]
Kakiat County Park to Pine Meadow Lake
February 19, 2012 Leave a Comment
Headed to Harriman again on yet another unseasonably warm February day. This time is was to Pine Meadow Lake from Kakiat County Park. The last time we’d started from here was back in September of 2007 where we took Suffern-Bear Mountain trail south but had cut it short and bailed off to the power line [...]
Mahlon Dickerson – Highlands, Pine Swamp, Saffin Pond
January 1, 2012 Leave a Comment
For our annual New Years Day hike we ended up at Mahlon Dickerson Reservation. Many people had the same idea, whether it was to take advantage of the unusually mild (low-50s) winter day or maybe getting an early start on a New Years resolution to exercise more. We chose Mahlon because we wanted a moderate [...]