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Route: Suffern - Bear Mountain Trail (NY)

Location
New York, US
Distance
21.8 mi
Vertical Gain
5,290 ft
Description

MyHarriman.com has some good info on the Suffern - Bear Mountain Trail, including the following:

This is a classic north-south trail that runs the length of the park (26 miles), from (obviously) Suffern, New York, to Bear Mountain State Park.  You can park at either end of the trail; for New York City hikers, you can easily take the bus to

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GPS Track
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FKTs

Related Routes
Suffern-Bear Mountain - Ramapo-Dunderberg Ribbon (NY)
This route on the old FKT site
http://fastestknowntime.proboards.com/thread/1075/suffern-bear-mountain-trail-ny

Comments

jwetzel
Sun, 11/13/2022 - 11:17am

Attempted this yesterday from Bear Mountain to Suffern. 

A few tip for future runners:

  • From NYC you can take the train on eitther sides:
    • Bear Mountain — MNR from Grand Central to Manitou (Weekends Only) then 3 miles to Bear Mountain
    • Suffern — NJ Transit leaves every hour from Suffern to Penn Station (Connecting through Secaucus) 
  • Going late fall (November) is not recommended. Fallen leaves cover the trail making navigation and foot placement difficult. 
  • The trail includes a few steep pitches that require a bit of scrambling. I would have preferred going up these rather than down.