New York City: Pine Meadow Lake
There are no car horns blowing on this pleasant 5-mile loop--just the therapeutic hum of mountain streams and a peaceful lake in the woods.
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Trail Facts
- Distance: 8.0
Waypoints
PML001
Location: 41.1738128662109, -74.1684722900391
Head E onto Pine Meadow Trail, following red blazes
PML002
Location: 41.1739768981934, -74.161018371582
Bear L, connecting yellow markers along Stony Brook
PML003
Location: 41.1757469177246, -74.1537551879883
Straight @ 3-way; route climbs
PML004
Location: 41.1766395568848, -74.1516494750976
Bear R past brook onto white trail; scramble around rocks
PML005
Location: 41.1753997802734, -74.1479187011719
Straight @ 4-way; stay with white blazes
PML006
Location: 41.1750259399414, -74.1416549682617
Continue straight, keeping on N side of gurgling brook
PML008
Location: 41.1773910522461, -74.1309432983398
R @ 4-way onto road; walk S along Pine Meadow Lake shoreline
PML009
Location: 41.1736640930176, -74.1315383911133
Turn R @ 3-way onto yeallow connector trail
PML010
Location: 41.1727752685547, -74.1323165893555
Hard R onto Raccoon Brook Hills Trail (marked black)
PML011
Location: 41.1716690063477, -74.137939453125
R @ 3-way; rejoin white trail
PML012
Location: 41.1745376586914, -74.1417007446289
Straight @ 3-way; follow red blazes to trailhead
PML007
Location: 41.1750030517578, -74.1377410888672
Ga-Nus-Quah Rock: a pristine picnic spot on a giant stone