In the East of the Hudson and West of the Hudson tables below, you can click on the name of the hike to see the full trail guide.
For alternate ways to peruse the trail guides on this site, you can also check out:
- The awesome new Hikes pages, where you can thumb through summaries and thumbnails for each hike
- The sweet new Search Hikes page, where you can filter on your favorite criteria to find the perfect hike for you
- The good ol’ Hike the Hudson Valley Google map
If you’d like more information on how these hikes were rated, along with other tips and general information, please visit the FAQ. (Difficulty ratings are 1-10, with 10 being the hardest. Scenery ratings are 1-5 cameras, with 5 being the most awesome.)
New(ish) features: You can click the column headings to sort by scenery, difficulty, or distance. On non-tiny-screened devices, you can also click any highlight to see other hikes that share that particular highlight (for example, click “Fire Tower” in the highlights to see all hikes that have a fire tower). Cool? Cool!
East of the Hudson
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Hike NameSceneryDifficultyDistanceHighlights
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4.5 out of 595.4 miles, Up-and-Back
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4.5 out of 588 miles, Up-and-Back
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4 out of 562.6 miles, Up-and-Back
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4.5 out of 562.6 miles, Up-and-Back
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2 out of 543.2 miles, Loop
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4.5 out of 531.0 miles, Up-and-Back
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4.5 out of 542.0 miles, Up-and-Back
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3 out of 553 miles, Up-and-Back
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4.5 out of 595 miles, Up-and-Back
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5 out of 593.8 miles, Up-and-Back
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5 out of 5103.7 miles, Loop
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4.5 out of 591.5 miles, Loop
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4.5 out of 573.6 miles, Up-and-Back
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4.5 out of 595.9 miles, Loop
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3 out of 565.1 miles, Up-and-Back
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3.5 out of 53.8 miles, Up-and-Back
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4.5 out of 553.6 miles, Up-and-Back
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3.5 out of 552 miles, Up-and-Back
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4 out of 531.7 miles, Up-and-Back
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4 out of 532.1 miles, Up-and-Back
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3.5 out of 553 miles, Up-and-Back
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3.5 out of 521.2 miles, Up-and-Back
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1.5 out of 522 miles, Loop
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3 out of 554.5 miles, Partial Loop
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2.5 out of 521.5 miles, Loop
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2 out of 533.4 miles, Loop
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3.5 out of 532.2 miles, Loop
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4 out of 594.4 miles, Up-and-Back
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3 out of 554.9 miles, Up-and-Back
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3.5 out of 521.5 miles, Loop
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4.5 out of 552.1 miles, Up-and-Back
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3.5 out of 521 miles, Loop
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2.5 out of 532.5 miles, Loop
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4 out of 544 miles, Up-and-Back
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4.5 out of 563.5 miles, Loop
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4.5 out of 574.4 miles, Up-and-Back
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1.5 out of 521.4 miles, Loop
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3 out of 531.5 miles, Up-and-Back
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2.5 out of 554.1 miles, Partial Loop
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3.5 out of 531.65 miles, Partial Loop
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4 out of 532.4 miles, Partial Loop
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4 out of 587.1 miles, Up-and-Back
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4.5 out of 565.3 miles, Up-and-Back
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4 out of 542.7 miles, Loop
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3 out of 542 miles, Loop
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4.5 out of 532.6 miles, Partial Loop
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4.5 out of 561.9 miles, Partial Loop
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3 out of 544.2 miles, Loop
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3.5 out of 542.3 miles, Loop
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4.5 out of 523 miles, Up-and-Back
West of the Hudson
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Hike NameSceneryDifficultyDistanceHighlights
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4.5 out of 566.0 miles, Up-and-Back
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4.5 out of 531.5 miles, Up-and-Back
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4.5 out of 584.5 miles, Loop
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4.5 out of 565.4 miles, Loop
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5 out of 586 miles, Loop
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4.5 out of 553.0 miles, Loop
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3 out of 532.7 miles, Loop
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2.5 out of 532.6 miles, Loop
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5 out of 563.2 miles, Up-and-Back
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4.5 out of 5105.2 miles, Loop
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4.5 out of 542.8 miles, Up-and-Back
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4 out of 597.4 miles, Loop
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3 out of 533.1 miles, Loop
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4.5 out of 564.5 miles, Up-and-Back
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5 out of 595.0 miles, Partial Loop
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5 out of 5108.4 miles, Loop
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5 out of 532.5 miles, Loop
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4 out of 552 miles, Up-and-Back
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4.5 out of 554.7 miles
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5 out of 597.6 miles, Loop
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5 out of 597.5 miles, Loop
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5 out of 566.4 miles, Loop
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5 out of 595.5 miles, Loop
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4.5 out of 584.0 miles, Loop
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5 out of 554 miles, Up-and-Back
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5 out of 597 miles, Loop
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5 out of 575 miles, Up-and-Back
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4.5 out of 584.7 miles, Loop
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4 out of 564.9 miles, Loop
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4 out of 552.8 miles, Up-and-Back
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5 out of 565 miles, Up-and-Back
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4.5 out of 596.4 miles, Loop
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3.5 out of 541.45 miles, Up-and-Back
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4.5 out of 562.5 miles, Loop
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4 out of 576.0 miles, Loop
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4.5 out of 594 miles, Loop
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4 out of 586.5 miles, Up-and-Back
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4.5 out of 523 miles, Up-and-Back
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5 out of 5107.2 miles, Up-and-Back
Coming Soon(ish)
This site is by no means comprehensive, but I’d like to head in that direction. Here are some of the hikes on my radar for future write-ups. If you have other good ideas, suggestions, comments or guacamole recipes, please drop me a line anytime.
Anthony’s Nose (Peekskill, NY)Kapow! Added 5/1/2012Anthony’s Nose II (Peekskill, NY)aaa-CHOO! Added 5/15/2015Balsam Lake Mountain (Hardenburgh, NY)Balsamic! Added 11/28/2020Beacon Mountain (Beacon, NY)Kelly Clarkson! Added 10/17/2013Bear Hill Preserve (Cragsmoor, NY)RAWR! Added 11/7/2015Bear Mountain State Park (Bear Mountain, NY)No, RAAAAAWRR!!! Added 8/11/2017Beebe Hill fire tower (Chatham, NY)Zounds! Added 8/24/2016Black Rock Forest (Cornwall, NY)Woo hoo! Added 10/27/2011- Bluestone Wild Forest (Kingston, NY)
- Bowdoin Park (Wappingers Falls, NY)
Bonticou Crag (New Paltz, NY)Shazam! Added 5/8/2012Brace Mountain via South Taconic Trail (Millerton, NY)Bada bing! Added 1/30/2014- Breakneck Ridge: Short Loop (Nimham Trail)
Bull Hill – aka Mt. Taurus (Cold Spring, NY)Boo-yah! Added 6/18/2012Bull Hill II: Cornish Loop (Cold Spring, NY)Toro! Toro! Added 6/1/2017Bull’s Bridge (Kent, CT)Wocka wocka wocka! Added 5/8/2014- Bushkill Falls (Lehman Township, PA)
- Buttercup Farm Sanctuary (Stanfordville, NY)
Croton Gorge Park (Croton-on-Hudson, NY)Shiny! Added 6/25/2015- Fahnestock Park: Canopus Lake overlook (Carmel, NY)
Fahnestock Park: Jordan Pond loop (Carmel, NY)Blammo! Added 11/3/2011Fahnestock Park: Pelton Pond (Carmel, NY)Zoinks! Added 3/10/2014Falling Waters Preserve (Glasco, NY)Holler. Added 5/14/2013Fishkill Ridge to Lambs Hill (Beacon, NY)Biggity bam! Added 5/17/2012Giant Ledge (Oliverea, NY)O’Doyle rules! Added 4/11/2013Giant Stairs at the State Line Lookout (Alpine, NJ)Fee Fi Fo Fum! Added 3/18/2022Gertrude’s Nose (Gardiner, NY)Minne-wassup? Added 1/15/2015- Granite Mountain Preserve (Putnam Valley, NY)
Great Swamp (Pawling, NY)Ribbit, ribbit! Added 5/4/2019Harriman State Park: Lemon Squeezer (Harriman, NY)w00t! Added 8/22/2013High Banks Preserve (Ulster Park, NY)Alright alright alright! Added 9/13/2018High Falls Conservation Area (Philmont, NY)HEY-oooh! Added 6/4/2013Hunter Mountain (Hunter, NY)Freshies! Added 1/23/2017- Illinois Mountain (Highland, NY)
Indian Head Mt. + Twin Mt. (Elka Park, NY)Schaa-WING! Added 10/19/2012Indian Ladder Trail (Voorheesville, NY)Aaa-WOOO-gah! Added 1/25/2016Jackie Jones fire tower (Harriman, NY)En fuego! Added 1/29/2021- Joppenbergh Mountain (Rosendale, NY)
Kaaterskill Falls upper trailhead (Haines Falls, NY)Me-YOW!! Added 5/1/2018Lion’s Head (Salisbury, CT)Hakuna matata! Added 3/28/2016- Madam Brett Park (Beacon, NY)
- Michael Ciaiola Conservation Area (Patterson, NY)
Mohonk Mountain House (New Paltz, NY)Mohonk-a-DONK! Added 1/9/2013Millbrook Mountain (New Paltz, NY)El smacko! Added 8/8/2012Monument Mountain (Great Barrington, MA)Call me Ishmael! Added 2/19/2020Mt. Tammany (Stroudsburg, PA)Added 11/25/2019Mt. Tremper fire tower (Mt. Tremper, NY)Yippe-ki-yay, Tremper tromper! Added 8/14/2019Nellie Hill Preserve (Dover Plains, NY)To infinity! Added 8/21/2012Ninham Mountain (Kent, NY)And beyond! Added 3/7/2013North-South Lake: North Point (Haines Falls, NY)Vroom! SKREEEE! Added 8/1/2013Nuclear Lake (Pawling, NY)Boom shaka laka! Added 5/3/2012- Olana State Historic Site (Olana, NY)
- Pine Knob Loop (Sharon, CT)
- Pinwheel Vista (Vernon Township, NJ)
Popolopen Torne (Harriman, NY)Day-o! Da-ay-ay-o! Added 10/8/2014Race Mountain (Mt. Washington, MA)Ready, set, GO!!! Added 1/14/2018- Ramapo Valley County Reservation (Mahwah, NJ)
Rand’s View (Falls Village, CT)Dios mio! Added 5/21/2012Red Hill fire tower (Claryville, NY)Colina roja! Added 1/16/2019Red Mountain (Sharon, CT)Montaña roja! Added 10/3/2020Red Wing Recreation Area (Billings, NY)Conk-la-ree! Added 2/25/2015Silver Sands State Park (Milford, CT)Surf’s up! Added 11/3/2016- Slide Mountain (Oliverea, NY)
- Sterling Forest fire tower (Greenwood Lake, NY)
- Storm King: North Point Summit (Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY)
Surprise Lake loop (West Milford, NJ)What does the fox say? Added 12/13/2013Surprise Lake loop II (West Milford, NJ)Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow! Added 6/12/2014Teatown Lake Reservation (Ossining, NY)One lump! No, two! Added 6/2/2016Turkey Mountain (Yorktown Heights, NY)Gobble, gobble! Added 7/26/2020- Tymor Park (Union Vale, NY)
- Upper Esopus fire tower (Mt. Tremper, NY)
Wittenberg Mountain (Phoenicia, NY)Excellent! Added 9/4/2015- Val-Kill and Top Cottage (Hyde Park, NY)
- Wonder Lake (Patterson, NY)
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