Advice -2 weeks hike north of NYC

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#1 
									We want to hike 2 weeks on the AT NB, from NYC and north, we'll be arriving to the US mid June, which is the most desirable  part to hike for 2 weeks north of NYC? how do we get there  from NY?

Thanks
Zammy
Israel

									_zammy_
#2 
									There are some important variables like your budget, hiking pace, and what you consider desirable.  Will you hike 7 miles per day or 20?  Do you want to tour New England towns along the way, spending expensive days off in Kent, CT for instance, or are you trying to experience more nature in the hills?  Do you want to experience rolling rural scenery or high alpine ridges?  It's all available.

There is a actually a train station north of NYC where (I think) one train per day stops for hikers. That would be easy and cheap. The trail north from there into Connecticut is a nice semi-rural hike, I thought. The tougher hiking doesn’t start until the Green Mts in Vermont. You should pick up a copy of a trail guide to help plan. Web searches on public transit back to NY should help, too.

Also, how far north do you want to go? If you want, you can find your way up into New Hampshire via trains and buses and tackle the White Mountains right away if you’re ready for that and if you want to see some really impressive mountains.

									_Garlic_
#3 
									there is a train that goes from NY to the AT (the station is actually called Appalachian Trail)...it's a metro north train from grand central station in nyc i think.

but, if you hike on the AT north from the train station, you’ll be doing NY and CT, if you go south you’ll be doing NY and NJ. both sections aren’t that interesting compared to places farther from NYC (like Virginia, New Hampshire…)

									_shakey_
#4 
									Rather than taking the train I would recommend taking the Short Line bus from Port Authority bus terminal to Bear Mtn (which drops you off outside the inn).

From here two weeks should get you up to Manchester Center or Rutland VT, or if you’re really moving, Hanover NH. All of these places have buses back to NY

									_A-Train_
#5 
									The train from NYC (Grand Central) to the AT train stop near Pawling NY only runs on weekends. It's on the New Haven line. You could go to Pawling itself on any day but then it's about 2 miles north to the AT by road, and my understanding is that NY police don't like hitchhikers.

									_Brian_
#6 
									The Metro North train to the AT is not the New Haven Line.  It's the Harlem Line.

Also, a better weekday alternative to getting off at Pawling is to get off at Wingdale, which is the next stop up. At Wingdale, you won’t have the two-mile roadwalk along the highway. Instead, you’ll have about a one-mile walk on side streets through Wingdale. It’s an interesting walk in that most of the buildings in town are mental hospital buildings that are closed down. It has the feeling of a ghost town. A few buildings are still open, but are surrounded by fence with razor wire. After you get through town, you have a one-mile side trail through the Pawling Nature Reserve which will take you to the AT.

I plan to do a sobo from Journey’s End in Vermont to the metro north station later this summer and fall. Hope to see you along the trial. Good luck.

									_hikemania_