Harriman State Park

Buck Trail - Extension–Cranberry Mountain Trail, 3 sights

8.8 mi · ▲ 1,031 ft · 3 hr 27 min

Buck Trail - Extension–Cranberry Mountain Trail, 3 sights is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Harriman State Park near Ladentown, NY. It climbs 1,031 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi492 – 1,188 ft · steepest grade: 18%9.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.18622, -74.07574
Nearest town Ladentown, NY

Directions

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Buck Trail - Extension–Cranberry Mountain Trail, 3 sights

8.8 mi · ▲ 1,031 ft · 3 hr 27 min

Elevation 492–1,187 ft

Out & Back · Harriman State Park

Trailhead: 41.18622, -74.07574

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:21 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 250 ftTurn left onto Many Swamp Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.8 miTurn right onto Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miSharp left onto Tuxedo-Mount Ivy Trail, heading W.
  5. 1.2 miBear right onto Pine Meadow Road East, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto Buck Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right onto Buck Trail - Extension, heading NW.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left onto Pine Meadow Road West, heading NE.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Cranberry Mountain Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.8 miReach Pine Meadow Road East, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.9 miTurn left onto Pine Meadow Road West, heading SW.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right onto Buck Trail - Extension, heading SE.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left onto Buck Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.4 miTurn right onto Pine Meadow Road East, heading E.
  15. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  16. 350 ftContinue straight onto Tuxedo-Mount Ivy Trail, heading E.
  17. 1.2 miSharp right onto Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left onto Many Swamp Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
  20. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

61% dirt23% gravel16% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:21 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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