The Timp–The Timp, NYC view, 8 sights is a 14.4-mile out-and-back in Harriman State Park near Arden, NY. The route passes Lake Askoti, Lake Skannatati, Timp Pass and The Timp before reaching The Timp, NYC view at the turnaround, 7.2 miles in. It climbs 2,051 ft, with sections as steep as 42% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi361 – 1,083 ft · steepest grade: 42%15.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Long Path 41.24062, -74.10163
Nearest town Arden, NY
Directions
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The Timp–The Timp, NYC view, 8 sights
14.4 mi · ▲ 2,051 ft · 5 hr 50 min
Elevation 361–1,084 ft
Out & Back · Harriman State Park
Trailhead: Long Path · 41.24062, -74.10163
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:43 AM · sunset 6:59 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Long Path, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Lake Askoti.
- 50 ftPass Lake Skannatati.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Lake Askoti Loop, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Askoti-Tiorati Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Lake Askoti Loop, heading NE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Red Cross Trail, heading NE.
- 4.1 miBear right onto 1779 Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Red Cross Trail, heading S.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miPass Timp Pass.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Old Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto 6 Chins, heading NE.
- 450 ftPass The Timp, NYC view.
- 250 ftReach The Timp, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Red Cross Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto 1779 Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Red Cross Trail, heading SW.
- 4.1 miContinue straight onto Lake Askoti Loop, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Askoti-Tiorati Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Lake Askoti Loop, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Long Path, heading SW.
- 50 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
88% dirt12% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:43 AMSunset 6:59 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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