New Minnewaska State Park Trail Map Available

Minnewaska State Park Preserve is now offering a multiuse trail map for sale of the main trail systems in its 20,000 acres. The waterproof maps are printed on Tyvek and feature a topographic layout of the trails and terrain at Minnewaska State Park Preserve.
The map side highlights the entrances and main areas of the park [...]

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A 20-YEAR WORK IN PROGRESS, SAM’S POINT PRESERVE BECOMING A JEWEL OF THE SHAWANGUNKS

Latest acquisition brings nature preserve to approximately 5,700 acres
Working steadily over the years, the Open Space Institute (OSI) is gradually assembling one of the largest nature preserves in the Hudson River Valley on the highest reaches of the Shawangunk Ridge. The Sam’s Point Preserve, as it is now known, is a globally unique ecosystem that [...]

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New Rock Climbing Areas in the Hudson Valley?

by Alan Wechsler, timesunion.com, link to original article
With the publication of Adirondack Rock earlier this year, dozens of new rock climbing areas in the Adirondacks were made public for the first time. The telephone-book-thick climbing guidebook does a stellar job of pointing out previously-little-known climbing areas in the south and western Adirondacks. For climbers who [...]

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Mohonk Mountain House: A Hiker’s Paradise

Click here for an article and photos on the Mohonk Mountain House and hiking opportunities in the Carskills.

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For Rock Climbers / Mountaineers

If you’re into rock climbing or mountaineering, Mountain Project is a site for you. Right now, for New York State, it focuses on the Adirondacks and Catskills. Maybe that’s because that’s where the mountains are! On the web page, click on one of the areas listed on the left under Select Area to see an [...]

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The Gunks: Northeast’s Other Mountain Range

Click here to learn about the Shawangunk Mountain area.

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Are You a Peak Bagger?

Here’s a resource for peak baggers. Mountain Project allows users to enter data on mountains to climb, including winter ice climbing. Some of the areas covered currently include:
Adirondacks (42)
Adirondacks (Ice) (2)
Catskills (Ice) (18)
Gunks, The (275)
Little Falls (29)
New York City (0)
Wilmington Notch – High Falls Crag (1)
Wilmington Notch, Moss Cliff
Use the selections at the left on [...]

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Hike To Verkeerderkill Falls at Sam’s Point Preserve

The Poughkeepsie Journal offers this and other fall excursions:
Sam’s Point Preserve, owned by the Open Space Institute and managed by the Nature Conservancy, is a stunning expanse that covers the highest points on the Shawangunk Ridge.
There are several hikes one can take at Sam’s Point. Verkeerderkill Falls, has a spectacular waterfall that drops through a [...]

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New York City Hiking

Who says New York City is all pavement and buildings? Oh, that was me. NYC is far from my favorite place on this Earth. But, as you can read in this blog posting, only a short distance north of the city, there are wonderful hiking opportunities.
Of course, I recently wrote about my short, but [...]

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Hike Around Lake Minnewaska

I had never been to the Shawangunk Mountains before. They sit just south of the Catskill Mountains and are known as a rock climbers paradise. That much I knew. But, I was oblivious to the fact that I was heading there. Instead I thought I was heading to a resort in the Catskills for a [...]

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