Bear Mountain/Harriman State Park (NY) trail parking
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Includes 28 locations in the following areas:
- United States: NY
POI Info: Parking for historic Bear Mountain and Harriman State parks. Some parking may be inside designated parking areas, while others are simply roadside cutouts. Descriptions include trail names and colors as designated on the NY/NJ trail conference maps. The names may be the trails as they intersect the parking area or nearby points of interest. I have made up some of the names myself, so searching the Internet may not yield any results. If the POI is a parking area symbol, I've used it or hiked through it to confirm the location. If the POI is a blue flag, the point was taken from the trail map in conjunction with Google Maps or Google Earth and is estimated, which may need correcting.
Enjoy
Bob
About: On October 29, 1910, 18 year old W. Averell Harriman presented a one million dollar check to the Palisades Interstate Park Commission along with a deed for 10,000 acres of land to be made into a park. This was along with a condition from Mary Averell Harriman (the mother) that plans to place a prison in the vicinity was to be scrapped. These lands that Harriman and Bear mountain enclose contain many trails, lakes, mines, shelters and ruins...even a town that was taken over by imminent domain, Doodletown.
Web Site:
- Bear Mountain: http://nysparks.com/parks/13/details.aspx
- Harriman: http://nysparks.com/parks/145/details.aspx
- Bear Mountain/Harriman Trail info: http://www.nynjtc.org/park/harriman-bear-mountain-state-park...
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Change History
camerabob - Feb 8, 2014
Corrected the number of location (28).camerabob - Dec 21, 2011
Changed POI categoriescamerabob - Dec 15, 2011
Updated the description.camerabob - Dec 13, 2011
Added Bear Mountain Inn and Camp Smith (east side of the Hudson River)camerabob - Dec 13, 2011
Added Anthony Wayne Rec Area (Palisades exit 17), and Bear Mountain (Perkins Tower)camerabob - Dec 12, 2011
Updated a couple of descriptions and names.camerabob - Dec 9, 2011
Added parking area at Lake Sebago.camerabob - Dec 6, 2011
Adjusted the coordinates for the information center for the Reeves Brook, Pine Meadow and 7 Hills trail parking.