Harriman Trails: A Guide and History
Harriman Trails: A Guide and History contains descriptions of trails, not of hikes. As originally written by Bill Myles, no hikes were included. When working on the first edition of the book, Daniel Chazin, who served as editor of the first two editions, suggested to Bill Myles that another section be added to the book that would include a number of loop hikes. However, Bill was not receptive to the idea, and the suggestion was not implemented
However, the Trail Conference has an extensive database of hikes in the metropolitan area based mostly on the "Hike of the Week" column by Daniel Chazin that has appeared for the last nine years in The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) An extensive array of varied hikes in Harriman-Bear Mountain State Parks are contained within this database, and the following links lead to some suggested hikes.
Hikes in the Harriman-Bear Mountain area (click for details about each hike)
- 1777E/Doodletown Bridle Path Loop from Route 9W
- Almost Perpendicular/Claudius Smith Den Loop
- Appalachian Trail and Major Welch Trail on Bear Mountain
- Appalachian Trail/Long Path Loop from Silvermine Picnic Area
- Appalachian Trail/Major Welch Trail Loop on Bear Mountain
- Bald Mountain/Doodletown Loop from Route 9W
- Black Mountain Loop from Anthony Wayne Recreation Area
- Camp Smith Trail
- Circular Hike Around Bear Mountain
- Claudius Smith Den/Parker Cabin Mountain Loop
- Claudius Smith's Rock Loop from Tuxedo
- Dater Mountain Nature Park and Harriman State Park
- Diamond Mountain/Stony Brook Loop
- Dunderberg Spiral Railway/Bald Mountain Loop
- Green Pond/Boston Mine Loop
- Iron Mines Loop #1 (East) in Harriman-Bear Mountain State Parks
- Iron Mines Loop #2 (Southwest) in Harriman-Bear Mountain State Parks
- Iron Mines Loop #3 (Northwest/Lemon Squeezer)
- Iron Mines Short Loop
- Island Pond/Lemon Squeezer Loop
- Long Path to Long Mountain Summit in Harriman State Park
- Parker Cabin/Black Rock Mountain Loop from Route 106
- Popolopen Gorge/Popolopen Torne Loop
- Raccoon Brook Hills Trail/Cascade of Slid Loop
- Raccoon Brook Hills Trail/Pine Meadow Lake/Diamond Mountain Loop
- Ramapo Torne/Raccoon Brook Hills Trail Loop from Reeves Meadow
- Red Cross, Beech Trail and Long Path Loop from Lake Skannatati
- Reeves Brook/Raccoon Brook Hills/Pine Meadow Trails Loop from Reeves Meadow
- Seven Hills/HTS/Raccoon Brook Hills Loop from Reeves Meadow
- Seven Hills/HTS/Reeves Brook Trail Loop to Ramapo Torne and Torne View
- Stockbridge Mountain/Nawahunta Fire Road Loop from Silvermine Picnic Area
- Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail/Pyngyp
- Timp-Torne/Dunderberg Spiral Railway'R-D Trail Loop from Route 9W
- West Mountain (Timp-Torne/A.T. and Beechy Bottom Road) Loop from Anthony Wayne Recreation Area
- West Mountain Loop from Anthony Wayne Recreation Area
- West Mountain Loop from Seven Lakes Drive
While the Trail Conference is not a hiking club, a number of independent member clubs do sponsor hikes in the New Jersey Highlands. Visit our Member Clubs page for a listing of these clubs and links to their webpages.