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Harriman State Park

Queensboro Lake–Owl Lake, 6 sights

13.8 mi · ▲ 1,336 ft · 5 hr 16 min

Queensboro Lake–Owl Lake, 6 sights is a 13.8-mile out-and-back in Harriman State Park near Bulsontown, NY. The route passes Owl Lake before reaching Queensboro Lake at the turnaround, 6.9 miles in. It climbs 1,336 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi345 – 889 ft · steepest grade: 17%14.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.26716, -74.00698
Nearest town Bulsontown, NY
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Queensboro Lake–Owl Lake, 6 sights

13.8 mi · ▲ 1,336 ft · 5 hr 16 min

Elevation 346–891 ft

Out & Back · Harriman State Park

Trailhead: 41.26716, -74.00698

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:42 AM · sunset 6:59 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left onto Red Cross Trail, heading SW.
  3. 1 miTurn right onto 1779 Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miBear left onto Red Cross Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.9 miTurn right onto Owl Lake Road, heading NW.
  6. 0.4 miPass Owl Lake.
  7. 0.6 miTurn left onto 1779 Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail;1779 Trail, heading N.
  9. 1.4 miContinue straight onto 1779 Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Popolopen Gorge Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miReach Queensboro Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.8 miContinue straight onto 1779 Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail;1779 Trail, heading W.
  18. 1.4 miContinue straight onto 1779 Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.5 miTurn right onto Owl Lake Road, heading SW.
  20. 0.9 miTurn left onto Red Cross Trail, heading S.
  21. 0.9 miBear right onto 1779 Trail, heading SE.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left onto Red Cross Trail, heading SE.
  23. 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  24. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/queensboro-lake-owl-lake-out-back-7-sights-22-km-be5c

Trail surface

73% dirt27% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:42 AMSunset 6:59 PM

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