NYC bear mountain area weekend hike?

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#1

Hi, can anyone recommend a weekend type hike near bear mountain new york. Probably I will drive up saturday morning very early, get to bear mountain around 8:30-ish. Would like to hike all day, camp and then come back.

Is this feasible on the A-T? I’m actually open to ANY hike within about 2 hrs driving distance of NYC. 8-10 miles max one way.

Already did deleware water gap (was great!), prefer something in New York.

Oh yes, must be doggy friendly! Doggie is coming for the weekend.

Thanks in advance.

AnimalMom at work

#2

Just North of Bear Mtn is a pretty unexciting part of trail if I’m remembering correctly. Southbound, however, was nice. Short climb up Bear Mtn than another up West Mtn. Both offer nice views. There is a shelter on West and nice places to free camp. Just after West you have to sprint accross the Palisades Parkway and enter into Harriman State Park. Harriman itself has a network of trails which you could probably spend your weekend on. Hope this helps

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