Harriman State Park
Silver Mine Lake–1779 Trail, 5 sights
8.1 mi · ▲ 759 ft · 3 hr 5 min
Silver Mine Lake–1779 Trail, 5 sights is an 8.1-mile out-and-back in Harriman State Park near Fort Clinton, NY. The route reaches Silver Mine Lake at the turnaround, 4 miles in. It climbs 759 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Silver Mine Lake–1779 Trail, 5 sights
8.1 mi · ▲ 759 ft · 3 hr 5 min
Elevation 337–723 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 miSharp right onto Anthony Wayne Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Cranberry Mine Trail, heading W.
- 300 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Silvermine Road, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftReach Silver Mine Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Cranberry Mine Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Anthony Wayne Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto 1779 Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Popolopen Gorge Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Queensboro Road, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Popolopen Gorge Trail, heading N.
- 1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Timp-Torne Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive 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
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