Harriman State Park
Pingyp Mountain–Owl Lake, 8 sights
15.3 mi · ▲ 1,904 ft · 6 hr 3 min
Pingyp Mountain–Owl Lake, 8 sights is a 15.3-mile out-and-back in Harriman State Park near Fort Clinton, NY. The route passes Owl Lake before reaching Pingyp Mountain at the turnaround, 7.7 miles in. It climbs 1,904 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Pingyp Mountain–Owl Lake, 8 sights
15.3 mi · ▲ 1,904 ft · 6 hr 3 min
Elevation 337–1,011 ft
Out & Back · Harriman State Park
Trailhead: Camp Shea Road · 41.32378, -74.00889
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:21 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Timp-Torne Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Popolopen Gorge Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left onto Queensboro Road, heading SW.
- 500 ftBear right onto Popolopen Gorge Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto 1779 Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail;1779 Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto 1779 Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Owl Lake Road, heading SW.
- 0.5 miPass Owl Lake.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Red Cross Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear right onto 1779 Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Pingyp Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 1 miTurn left onto 1779 Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Red Cross Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Owl Lake Road, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto 1779 Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail;1779 Trail, heading NE.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto 1779 Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Popolopen Gorge Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Queensboro Road, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Popolopen Gorge Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Timp-Torne Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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