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Kakiat Trail–Pine Meadow Trail, 6 sights is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Harriman State Park near Sloatsburg, NY. It climbs 1,003 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi374 – 1,207 ft · steepest grade: 23%6.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pine Meadow Trail 41.16616, -74.18033
Nearest town Sloatsburg, NY

Directions

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Kakiat Trail–Pine Meadow Trail, 6 sights

6.3 mi · ▲ 1,003 ft · 2 hr 36 min

Elevation 376–1,206 ft

Out & Back · Harriman State Park

Trailhead: Pine Meadow Trail · 41.16616, -74.18033

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

  1. Start on Pine Meadow Trail, heading SE.
  2. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Stony Brook Trail, heading E.
  3. 150 ftBear right onto Pine Meadow Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Hillburn-Torne Sebago Trail, heading E.
  5. 150 ftBear left onto Pine Meadow Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.3 miBear right onto Kakiat Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.7 miTurn right onto Raccoon Brook Hills Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right onto Pipeline Access Road, heading SW.
  9. 0.5 miBear left onto Seven Hills Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right onto Reeves Brook Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right onto Seven Hills Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left onto Pine Meadow Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

68% dirt32% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~84 min). Leave by 5:38 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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