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Harriman State Park

Pipeline Access Road & Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail

9.9 mi · ▲ 2,308 ft · 4 hr 27 min

Pipeline Access Road & Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail is a 9.9-mile out-and-back in Harriman State Park near Suffern, NY. It climbs 2,308 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi302 – 1,119 ft · steepest grade: 34%10.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail 41.11885, -74.15782
Nearest town Suffern, NY
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Pipeline Access Road & Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail

9.9 mi · ▲ 2,308 ft · 4 hr 27 min

Elevation 303–1,118 ft

Out & Back · Harriman State Park

Trailhead: Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail · 41.11885, -74.15782

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:21 PM

Transit-accessible: Suffern stop 674 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail, heading NE.
  2. 4.1 miBear right onto Kakiat Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.6 miBear left onto Pipeline Access Road, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  6. 0.1 miReach Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  9. 0.2 miBear right onto Kakiat Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.6 miBear left onto Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail, heading NW.
  11. 4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/pipeline-access-road-out-back-16-km

Trail surface

92% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:21 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Suffern stop 674 m from the trailhead

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