Appalachian Trail: Palisades Parkway to Bear Mountain
The payoff on this 6.4-mile hike is the big views on Bear Mountain, stretching from the Hudson Highlands to New York City's skyline.
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Shelters: West Mountain Shelter, sleeps 8.
Trail Facts
- Distance: 9.5
Waypoints
WPT027
Location: 41.2869148254394, -74.0151519775391
Timp Torne Trail to West Mountain Shelter. Jct. has excellent views from rocky outcrops into the valley
ZZZ022
Location: 41.2825164794922, -74.029167175293
Practice your Frogger skills crossing Palisades Parkway stopping to reflect on your life in the often humorous register located midway
WPT003
Location: 41.3111953735352, -74.012565612793
AT turns W onto paved Perkins Memorial Dr., watch for faded blaze on the E indicating the turn onto trail uphill
WPT025
Location: 41.2824172973633, -74.0092468261719
West Mountain Shelter. Views of the Hudson from the shelter.
WPT023
Location: 41.2825012207031, -74.0247650146484
Water; Bottom Brook
WPT029
Location: 41.3039512634277, -74.0133666992188
Seven Lakes Drive
WPT031
Location: 41.3115844726562, -73.9925689697266
Old Ski Jump
WPT030
Location: 41.311450958252, -74.0068130493164
Perkins Tower rises from the summit of Bear Mtn. Regain AT by walking to the E of the tower on a rocky section. Water
ZZZ031
Location: 41.3136711120606, -73.9903945922852
Turn R to access parking lots
WPT026
Location: 41.2883834838867, -74.0154800415039
View of Bear Mtn. and Anthonys Nose
DSCF5889
Location: 41.2824592590332, -74.0286254882812
DSCF5891
Location: 41.2862701416016, -74.0151977539062
DSCF5901
Location: 41.2869148254394, -74.0151443481445
DSCF5902
Location: 41.2869148254394, -74.0151443481445
DSCF5915
Location: 41.2824172973633, -74.0092468261719
DSCF5938
Location: 41.2880592346191, -74.0154190063476
DSCF5943
Location: 41.3115844726562, -74.0072784423828
