Hudson Highlands State Park

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Description

Hudson Highlands State Park is a non-contiguous state park in the U.S. state of New York, located on the east side of the Hudson River. The park runs from Peekskill in Westchester County, through Putnam County, to Beacon in Dutchess County, in the eastern section of the Hudson Highlands. Due to its proximity to New York City, panoramic views of the river and mountains, and easy access by both automobile and rail, it has become a very popular destination for day hikes. The park's best known trail makes a steep, rocky ascent up Breakneck Ridge. Other trails climb neighboring Bull Hill and follow the cliffs of Anthony's Nose. The Appalachian Trail (AT) also goes through the southeast corner of the park.

Trails in the Hikepack map

  • (bing only)
  • (bushwhack)
  • (bw)
  • (deer path)
  • (old map guess)
  • (old map speculation)
  • (old yellow)
  • (shoreline)
  • (u)
  • Appalachian Trail
  • Appalachian Trail (NY-NJ)
  • Arden Point Trail
  • Blue
  • Blue (map proposed)
  • Blue Trail
  • Blue trail
  • Breakneck Bypass (Red)
  • Breakneck Bypass Trail (Red)
  • Breakneck Ridge Alternate
  • Breakneck Ridge Trail (White)
  • Breakneck Ridge Trail (White)) (easier)
  • Brook Trail (Red)
  • Bw)
  • Camp Smith Trail (Blue)
  • Carriage Connector (Yellow)
  • Casino Trail (Red)
  • Center path
  • Cornish Trail (Blue)
  • Fishkill Ridge Trail (White)
  • Garden Flower Walk
  • Gate House Road
  • Green (map guess)
  • Green trail
  • Herd Path
  • Lone Star Trail (Blue)
  • Main Street
  • Military Road
  • Nelsonville Trail (Green)
  • North Redoubt Trail (Red)
  • Notch Trail (Blue)
  • Old Forge Trail
  • Old red?
  • Old white
  • Old yellow
  • Orange
  • Orange & blue ribbons
  • Osborne Loop (Blue)
  • Overlook Trail (Red)
  • Path to Hill Cliff Battery
  • Path to Redoubt 5
  • Path to Redoubt 6
  • Path to Redoubt 7
  • Portage Path
  • Purple
  • Red
  • Red/Blue Connector
  • Split Rock Trail (Red)
  • Sugarloaf Trail (Red Trail)
  • To Block House
  • To Great Chain
  • To Marine Battery
  • To Romans Battery
  • Undercliff Trail (Yellow)
  • View east to north and Lake Surprise Camp
  • Washburn Trail (White)
  • White
  • White trail
  • Wilkinson Memorial Trail (Yellow)
  • Wilkinson Memorial Trail (Yellow)/Notch Trail (Blue)
  • Yellow
  • Yellow (tiny markers)
  • Yellow Trail
  • Yellow trail

Attractions in the Hikepack map

  • Angelina's
  • Anthony's Nose
  • At the flag, view south to northwest & down
  • Bald Hill
  • Beacon Hills
  • Big rock clearing
  • Boscobel House
  • Breakneck Ridge
  • Breakneck Ridge Sugarloaf Mountain
  • Bull Hill (Mt. Taurus)
  • Canada Hill
  • Castle Rock
  • Cat Rock
  • Cold Spring
  • Cold Spring Depot
  • Cold Spring Pizza
  • Cold Spring Post Office
  • Dunkin Donuts
  • Dutchess Junction
  • East,south
  • Foodtown
  • Forsonville
  • Fort Hill
  • Foundry Cafe
  • Garden Cafe
  • Garrison
  • Glenclyffe
  • Hudson Hil's
  • Hudson House Inn
  • Lambs Hill
  • Le Bouchon
  • Manitou
  • Manitou Point Preserve
  • Mine Mountain
  • Minor views west, north
  • Moo Moo's Creamery
  • Nearly parnoramic with rocking chair
  • Nelsonville
  • North Beacon Mountain
  • Pollepel Island lookout
  • Polly's Lookout (view sw obs)
  • Putnam History Museum
  • Rincon Argentina
  • Silver Spoon Café
  • South Beacon Mountain
  • Sugarloaf Hill
  • Sugarloaf Mountain
  • View from top of cliff, southwest to northwest
  • View of Pollepel Island, Bannerman's Castle
  • View of West Point
  • View south (highest)
  • View south down RR tracks
  • View south to breakneck, west, northwest
  • View south to northwest, down, flag
  • View south, west
  • View southwest & straight down to restaurant
  • View west
  • View west to northeast, dennings point, newburgh-beacon bridge
  • View west, north
  • View west, north, south
  • View west, north-west
  • View west, obstructed
  • View west, south
  • West for sunset
  • West to Bannerman's, north to Sugarloaf
  • West, NB Bridge, Stewart Airport
  • West, minor
  • West, north
  • Whistling Willies
  • White Rock

Copyright

The PDF and JPG maps are released by Hikepack under the Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
Contains data ©OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) under the Open Database License (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/). Topographic map based on elevation data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Aerial imagery available from the U.S. Geological Survey. Description text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License). Cover image ©ScubaBear68 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hudson_Highlands_view_south_from_Breakneck_Ridge.jpg CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/).