Harriman State Park
Cheesecote Mountain Park–Big Hill, 8 sights
8.8 mi · ▲ 2,056 ft · 3 hr 58 min
Cheesecote Mountain Park–Big Hill, 8 sights is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Harriman State Park near Ladentown, NY. The route passes Third Reservoir, Big Hill and Suffern-Bear Mountain Viewpoint before reaching Cheesecote Mountain Park at the turnaround, 4.4 miles in. It climbs 2,056 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Cheesecote Mountain Park–Big Hill, 8 sights
8.8 mi · ▲ 2,056 ft · 3 hr 58 min
Elevation 471–1,264 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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Many Swamp Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Tuxedo-Mount Ivy Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red Arrow Connector Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Red Arrow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miPass Third Reservoir.
- 0.8 miPass Big Hill.
- 50 ftPass Suffern-Bear Mountain Viewpoint.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Long Path/Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Long Path, heading NE.
- 1.7 miReach Cheesecote Mountain Park, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Long Path/Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail, heading W.
- 1.6 miBear left onto Red Arrow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Red Arrow Connector Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Tuxedo-Mount Ivy Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Many Swamp Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Pine Meadow Trail 2 mi · ▲ 210 ft
- Tuxedo-Mount Ivy Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 117 ft
- Many Swamp Trail Loop via Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 641 ft
- Catamount Mountain–Pine Meadow Trail Loop, 4 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 800 ft
- Can Top Viewpoint & Can Top Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 565 ft
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