//
Photo: ScubaBear68; color-correcting and cropping done 2009-02-04 by Daniel Case, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
It is an especially popular destination. Park your car on the shoulder of Route 9D, north of the short tunnel through the mountain. Parts of the ascent are rugged, a strenuous scramble up a steep, rocky slope (follow white trail markers). There is a less challenging route around the back of the ridge (yellow trail markers to white/red trail markers). New York-New Jersey Trail Conference topographic trail maps of the east portion of Hudson Highlands State Park, available at Hudson Valley Outfitters at 63 Main St., show current trails. Check the website for ipdates as some trails are closed until April 2027.
Hudson Highlands State Park is a non-contiguous state park in the U.S. state of New York, located on the east side of the Hudson River. The park runs from Peekskill in Westchester County, through Putnam County, to Beacon in Dutchess County, in the eastern section of the Hudson Highlands.
© OpenStreetMap contributors
Part of West Point, most famous for the Great Chain that was placed across the Hudson during the Revolutionary War and the Warner family who lived on the Island during the 19th century.
East of Cold Spring on Route 301. 14,000 acres to explore. Park office is located at 1498 Route 301, Carmel, +1 845 225-7207.