Harriman State Park
Tom Jones Mountain–Green Pond, 4 beaches
8.8 mi · ▲ 2,028 ft · 3 hr 57 min
Tom Jones Mountain–Green Pond, 4 beaches is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Harriman State Park near Arden, NY. The route passes Green Pond and Tom Jones Mountain before reaching New Sebago Beach at the turnaround, 4.4 miles in. It climbs 2,028 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Tom Jones Mountain–Green Pond, 4 beaches
8.8 mi · ▲ 2,028 ft · 3 hr 57 min
Elevation 551–1,284 ft
Out & Back · Harriman State Park
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 41.26471, -74.15434
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:21 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Elk Pen Road, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Arden-Surebridge Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Island Pond Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miPass Green Pond.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Nurian Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Nurian/White Bar Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Nurian Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.8 miPass Tom Jones Mountain.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Victory Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miPass New Sebago Beach.
- 50 ftReach Tom Jones Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Nurian Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Nurian/White Bar Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Nurian Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Island Pond Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Arden-Surebridge Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 500 ftBear right onto Elk Pen Road, heading N.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~84 min). Leave by 5:37 PM for the 7:21 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Appalachian Trail Trailhead
- Lake Stahahe & Stahahe Brook Trail via Arden-Surebridge Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 205 ft
- Old Arden Road via Arden-Surebridge Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 140 ft
- Nurian Trail & Stahahe Brook Trail 4 mi · ▲ 638 ft
- Island Pond–Island Pond Road, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 813 ft
- Green Pond & Nurian Trail via Arden-Surebridge Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 680 ft
- Lake Stahahe–Island Pond Loop, 7 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 968 ft
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