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Harriman State Park

Cheesecote Mountain Park–Big Hill, 9 sights

12.9 mi · ▲ 2,112 ft · 5 hr 21 min

Cheesecote Mountain Park–Big Hill, 9 sights is a 12.9-mile out-and-back in Harriman State Park near Willow Grove, NY. The route passes Cheesecote Mountain Park, Big Hill, Suffern-Bear Mountain Viewpoint and 3 more. It climbs 2,112 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi499 – 1,263 ft · steepest grade: 23%13.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Long Path 41.21804, -74.05071
Nearest town Willow Grove, NY
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Cheesecote Mountain Park–Big Hill, 9 sights

12.9 mi · ▲ 2,112 ft · 5 hr 21 min

Elevation 498–1,265 ft

Out & Back · Harriman State Park

Trailhead: Long Path · 41.21804, -74.05071

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:21 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Long Path, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Cheesecote Mountain Park.
  3. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  4. 1.6 miContinue straight onto Long Path/Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail, heading NW.
  5. 450 ftPass Big Hill.
  6. 50 ftPass Suffern-Bear Mountain Viewpoint.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Breakneck Mountain Trail, heading SW.
  9. 1.3 miBear right onto Tuxedo-Mount Ivy Trail, heading W.
  10. 1.4 miTurn right onto Old Woodtown Road West, heading SW.
  11. 500 ftPass Monitor Rock.
  12. 100 ftBear left onto Seven Hills Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.3 miPass Old Sebago Beach.
  14. 0.3 miPass Lake Sebago.
  15. 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  17. 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
  18. 0.4 miReach Cheesecote Mountain Park, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  20. 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
  21. 0.6 miBear right onto Old Woodtown Road West, heading S.
  22. 0.1 miTurn left onto Tuxedo-Mount Ivy Trail, heading S.
  23. 1.4 miBear left onto Breakneck Mountain Trail, heading E.
  24. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail, heading NE.
  25. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Long Path/Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail, heading NE.
  26. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Long Path, heading N.
  27. 1.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cheesecote-mountain-park-big-hill-out-back-10-sights-21-km-a4d1

Trail surface

93% dirt7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:21 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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