더치스 카운티 최고의 워킹 & 하이킹 경로

If you're in New York and want to go hiking, this is the ideal place. Easily accessible by train, scenically beautiful, and interwoven with many trails of varying difficulty.

Mount Beacon Park, part of the Hudson Highlands State Park Preserve, is beautiful, with fantastic hiking trails and spectacular panoramic views. The park's trails, which range from moderate to challenging, lead to the summit of South Beacon Mountain, with a restored 60-foot fire tower, offering breathtaking vistas that stretch from the Manhattan skyline to the Catskill Mountains, especially on a clear day. The park is also home to the remnants of the historic Mount Beacon Incline Railway, once the world's steepest, and the foundations of an old casino and hotel, adding a unique historical dimension to the natural beauty of this area.

This junction, where the Blue Trail (an unnamed trail) intersects with the Fishkill Ridge Trail (White), gets its name for the abandoned bulldozer that sits here. It's a great point of reference, as the trail can be tricky to follow as it winds through this shady area of the forest.

Scenic views and challenging hike

The hike up Brace Mountain is tough but, as so often happens, the spectacular views you get are more than adequate reward. South Brace Mountain — a bit to the south, as the name advertises — is only a few feet lower in elevation and also offers great views.

At the junction of the path there is this stone standing at the top. I haven't been able to move him...

Just before the viewpoint, there's a restricted area with a warning. This isn't the highlight; you have to climb the rocks next to it. Absolutely worth it, great view.

The short loop of breakneck ridge can be done under 2 hours and the views are amazing, but the uphill scramble is steep and not for the faint of heart