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.
A romantic reservoir with trees in the middle of a wooded valley. The water shimmers slightly green, it is more reminiscent of a species-rich biotope than a water reserve. Many mosquitoes, which annoyed us there, also remind us of this.
Schunnemunk Mountain reaches up to an elevation of 1,664 feet, but the best views come just after the summit. Turn down the spur trail named "Monoliths Trail" and walk to …