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Timp Pass–Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail, 3 sights is a 9.7-mile out-and-back in Harriman State Park near Bulsontown, NY. The route reaches Timp Pass. It climbs 2,745 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi243 – 1,250 ft · steepest grade: 30%10.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: 1779 Trail 41.26069, -74.01694
Nearest town Bulsontown, NY

Directions

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Timp Pass–Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail, 3 sights

9.7 mi · ▲ 2,745 ft · 4 hr 36 min

Elevation 242–1,250 ft

Out & Back · Harriman State Park

Trailhead: 1779 Trail · 41.26069, -74.01694

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:21 PM

  1. Start on 1779 Trail, heading NW.
  2. 150 ftBear right onto Queensboro Trail, heading N.
  3. 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
  5. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Red Cross Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail, heading NE.
  8. 50 ftPass Timp Pass.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Timp Pass Road, heading NE.
  10. 400 ftBear right onto Timp-Torne Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.6 miTurn right onto Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail, heading W.
  12. 2.8 miReach Timp Pass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 2.8 miTurn left onto Timp-Torne Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.6 miBear left onto Timp Pass Road, heading S.
  15. 400 ftTurn left onto Old Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftTurn right onto Red Cross Trail, heading S.
  17. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  18. 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
  19. 0.1 miBear left onto Queensboro Trail, heading SW.
  20. 150 ftBear left onto 1779 Trail, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

72% dirt28% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:21 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~78 min). Leave by 5:43 PM for the 7:21 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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