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.
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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
- Start on 1779 Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Queensboro Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Red Cross Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Timp Pass.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Timp Pass Road, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear right onto Timp-Torne Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail, heading W.
- 2.8 miReach Timp Pass, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.8 miTurn left onto Timp-Torne Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Timp Pass Road, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Old Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Red Cross Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Queensboro Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left onto 1779 Trail, 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.
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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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