Harriman State Park
Fingerboard Mountain–Island Pond, 6 sights
7.5 mi · ▲ 1,975 ft · 3 hr 29 min
Fingerboard Mountain–Island Pond, 6 sights is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Harriman State Park near Arden, NY. The route passes Island Pond, Lemon squeezer rock gap and Lemon Squeezer before reaching Fingerboard Mountain at the turnaround, 3.8 miles in. It climbs 1,975 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Fingerboard Mountain–Island Pond, 6 sights
7.5 mi · ▲ 1,975 ft · 3 hr 29 min
Elevation 575–1,351 ft
Out & Back · Harriman State Park
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 41.26471, -74.15434
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:21 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Appalachian Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miPass Island Pond.
- 0.6 miPass Lemon squeezer rock gap.
- 50 ftPass Lemon Squeezer.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Long Path, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Surebridge Swamp Road, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Ramapo-Dunderberg/Appalachian Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftReach Fingerboard Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Surebridge Swamp Road, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Long Path, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
- 2.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Appalachian Trail Trailhead
- Lake Stahahe & Stahahe Brook Trail via Arden-Surebridge Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 205 ft
- Old Arden Road via Arden-Surebridge Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 140 ft
- Nurian Trail & Stahahe Brook Trail 4 mi · ▲ 638 ft
- Island Pond–Island Pond Road, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 813 ft
- Green Pond & Nurian Trail via Arden-Surebridge Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 680 ft
- Lake Stahahe–Island Pond Loop, 7 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 968 ft
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