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Silver Mine Lake–Lake Skannatati, 7 sights is a 10.7-mile out-and-back in Harriman State Park near Arden, NY. The route passes Lake Askoti and Lake Skannatati before reaching Silver Mine Lake at the turnaround, 5.3 miles in. It climbs 1,208 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi712 – 1,194 ft · steepest grade: 18%11.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Long Path 41.24210, -74.10225
Nearest town Arden, NY

Directions

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Silver Mine Lake–Lake Skannatati, 7 sights

10.7 mi · ▲ 1,208 ft · 4 hr 10 min

Elevation 711–1,193 ft

Out & Back · Harriman State Park

Trailhead: Long Path · 41.24210, -74.10225

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:43 AM · sunset 6:59 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftPass Lake Askoti.
  3. 50 ftPass Lake Skannatati.
  4. 300 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  5. 150 ftBear right onto Long Path, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 100 ftTurn right onto Lake Askoti Loop, heading SE.
  8. 0.1 miBear left onto Askoti-Tiorati Trail, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Lake Askoti Loop, heading NE.
  10. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Red Cross Trail, heading NE.
  11. 1.4 miTurn left onto Bockey Swamp Trail, heading E.
  12. 1.9 miTurn left onto Menomine Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.9 miReach Silver Mine Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.9 miTurn right onto Bockey Swamp Trail, heading SW.
  15. 1.9 miTurn right onto Red Cross Trail, heading S.
  16. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Lake Askoti Loop, heading SW.
  17. 0.8 miBear left onto Askoti-Tiorati Trail, heading SW.
  18. 50 ftBear right onto Lake Askoti Loop, heading SW.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  20. 100 ftTurn right onto Long Path, heading SW.
  21. 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:43 AMSunset 6:59 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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