Meet: Large dirt parking lot (the first one is smaller one near entrance to tunnel) on east side of 9D in Breakneck … I’m curious, have they done breakneck? Where exactly can we park? It was a great form of exercise with the fiancé. Harriman is not entirely closed, but some roads within the park are indeed still closed. Enjoy if you (carefully!) The station temporarily closed for the winter starting on December 2, 2019. Those gates are almost always closed and locked even in normal times. The group I’m going with, we live in NYC, we’re planning on taking a ~6am train to Cold Spring to then catch Ubers taking us to Breakneck. I wouldn’t go to Storm King on the weekends, I was at Black Rock down the raod from there last saturday and when I drove by Storm King about 2 pm, there must have been 250 cars on both sides of the road with people walking across the road jumping over the center divider!! Good luck! They might have no way of avoiding the foolish people who believe they are only risking their own safety. I have a friend who went hiking at storm king last Thursday 5/7 and said it was open! TRAIL ALERT: The Breakneck Ridge Metro-North Station will be closed for winter 2019 and will reopen spring 2020. I haven’t heard anything about a closure here, and their homepage doesn’t mention one. Some volunteers are expressing reluctance to answer calls for help on the trails, so it’s likely you might just have to get yourself down the mountain with your broken leg, twisted ankle, or find your way back to the road in the dark on your own. Hope that helps! Update March 11: From New York State Parks: The brush fire at Hudson Highlands State Park is under control—the Wilkinson Memorial, Breakneck Ridge, Breakneck Bypass and the Undercliff trails remain CLOSED … Subscribe: Notify me of follow-up comments via e-mail. Hi, is the devils path closed (or Indian head and mountains that are part of it)? While the closing of trails and parking areas might seem relatively innocuous, we are setting a dangerous precedent by allowing restrictions to be placed on our daily lives which do not have clearly demonstrated benefits which outweigh their costs. Based on your feedback, I just removed an old “Hooray, Breakneck is open!” update, from back when Breakneck had a wildfire and re-opened in March. It’s odd to me that Scenic Hudson doesn’t list Fishkill Ridge as closed, since it is one of their parks, but Angel just tried that hike this week and found it closed. The recent posts on the park’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/DelWaterGapNPS/) also seem to suggest that the park is open, but wildly overcrowded on weekends (with parking lots shutting down around 10:15am). Have you heard anything about Bash Bish Falls in Copake, NY? We are a member-supported, nonprofit media organization that serves the communities of Philipstown (Cold Spring, Nelsonville and Garrison) and Beacon, New York, in the Hudson Highlands. Regrettably, the only trails where about 90 percent of hikers didn’t practice physical distancing were those off Route 9D. Other local trails have been, by and large, used by hikers who step off the trail or turn their backs. My blanket advice these days is to NOT go hiking on weekend afternoons, and either get up at the crack of dawn on weekends, or use these nice long days to visit on weekdays or weekday evenings. I believe that means that the falls are closed as well. Thank you, Kirsten! (Everyone stops for gas, to use the bath-room, to grab-and-go, for an illegal yard sale, for a farm store.) Hi, Peter! I’ve added it to the list, alongside Constitution Marsh. Park signage will be added to direct visitors to alternate trails to access the beach.” Good luck through all of this! If you’re looking to ensure you can maintain social distancing at Breakneck, I’d recommend visiting on a weekday evening if you can swing it – this is the last hike I would attempt to do on a nice weekend day during this time, just because the trail can make it tough to avoid other people, and it has been getting mobbed on weekends. Get there early though as we all know Bear Mountain is a very popular spot these days. I haven’t yet, was planning on going this weekend. Notify me of follow-up comments via e-mail. Several fires are burning in the area of Breakneck Ridge, after a day in which agencies spent hours battling a blaze along the border between Putnam and Dutchess counties. Facebook. great weekend to you all How about the Fishkill Ridge ? I dont understand why Hudson valley is still shut down. I’ve just moved Mt. Glad to know about the MTA service being discontinued for the seasonal stops, and appreciate you sharing that here. Thanks so much for the tip — I’ve updated the list with FDR’s closure, just below Vanderbilt. Thanks for all your great info! Hang in there and stay safe out there, everyone! As for the difficulty ratings for kids, I did have kids in mind when creating the difficulty ratings (here’s a little blurb about it from the site’s FAQ), where I lumped kids and dogs together for some reason (I should really go back and edit that). The current $75 fine is a joke to folks from Manhattan; they pay that much to park for the day there. From 684, take I-84W. In addition, at the request of the Village of Cold Spring, the Haldane school district has closed its parking lot on the west side of Route 9D opposite the football field and tennis courts. Hi Mark, how about the picnic/grill areas? Thank you, CG! Have a great adventure out there! window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { I believe Bear Hill Preserve is closed? ), Hi Chantelle, my seven and eight year (who are fairly avid hikers for most kids) are rating these hikes about to levels above Mike’s. DEC and State Parks Encourage Responsible Recreation During COVID-19 Public Health Crisis, New York-New Jersey Trail Conference trail alerts, New York Department of Environmental Conservation Facebook page, tree work being performed along the Cabot Trail and Perkins Memorial Trail, All NY state park playgrounds, facilities are closed, All NY state-operated campgrounds are closed to overnight visitation, this post from the Catskill Interpretive Center, Town of Dover website has a notice posted, https://www.facebook.com/DoverStoneChurch/photos/a.481306968549060/3448336951846032/?comment_id=3576087479070978&reply_comment_id=3583193031693756&__tn__=R*F, https://www.facebook.com/TownofDoverNY.Government/posts/3323909894332036, http://catskillinterpretivecenter.org/trail, https://parks.ny.gov/parks/9/details.aspx, here’s a little blurb about it from the site’s FAQ, http://www.scenichudson.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/u2/fishkillridge-webmap.jpg, https://hikethehudsonvalley.com/hikes/great-swamp/, https://hikethehudsonvalley.com/hikes/nuclear-lake/, https://as0.mta.info/mnr/stations/station_detail.cfm?key=167, https://www.scenichudson.org/explore-the-valley/our-parks/, https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/new-york/bear-hill-preserve-trail, https://www.scenichudson.org/explore-the-valley/scenic-hudson-parks/fishkill-ridge/, https://www.dutchessny.gov/Departments/Parks/Parks.htm, https://parks.ny.gov/parks/128/details.aspx, https://www.nps.gov/dewa/planyourvisit/conditions.htm, https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/State-Parks/Parks/Silver-Sands-State-Park, https://www.mass.gov/locations/bash-bish-falls-state-park, If we all go hiking, none of us will be able to go hiking. (The only blah hike we’ve done since the shut-down started was one NOT from Hike the Hudson Valley) We are planning on trying out the Popolopen Torne tomorrow. Thank you for all the information, Izabela! Exposure is defined as being within 6 feet for at least 15 minutes. The Dunnfield Creek parking lot on I-80 is closed, which makes my trail guide for Mt. Lots of gratitude! These are worrying times, and our picture of this virus changes daily. Sorry I don’t know what other advice to give – it’s tough these days with so many closures. Fire On Breakneck Ridge - Cars and Brush Fire - 9D Closed Between Beacon and Cold Spring March 10, 2020 / Katie Hellmuth Martin UPDATE 3/10/2020: Route 9D is open; the fire has been contained but may still be burning. Click here to support our journalism. Very helpful. Is HV fully open for trails ? Place your ad here for $4.95. More importantly, as an avid hiker and advisor for a high school outdoors club, THANK YOU for all you do with your wonderful, highly informative website. Any negotiating and complaint beyond that is futile. I don’t know of any restrictions there, except that overnight camping at Woodland Valley is still off-limits. Hello, Mahevah! For anything rated a 7 or higher, I’d take a look at the difficulty explanation to see why it’s rated so high — either distance, steepness, tough terrain, or all of the above, then decide from there whether you and your crew are up for it. Any word on trail condfitions? Please report concerns to the Hudson Highlands State Park office at (845) 225-7207. FYI, Bash Bish is now open in NY and MA! Two of … We have been searching all day for information both about closures and about ethics and safety – to help us figure out whether to go camping and if so where. Very much appreciated! It’s a real injustice for all of us local hikers who’ve been utilizing these trails for years. Did anyone from fellow hikers go hiking on the East of Hudson? Storm King is a great hike, but if you’re going on a weekend, I think if you’re not there by 9am, you’ve already missed the boat. https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/new-york/bear-hill-preserve-trail source. Tough navigating all the different sites and doing process of elimination. Good luck out there! However, by May 2019, the station's closure and reconstruction, along with that of the rest of the Breakneck Ridge trailhead, was slated for mid-2020 at the earliest. Whatever you decide to do, good luck out there! March 30, 2020. I originally listed the Dunnfield Creek lot at Mt. Hi, is break neck ridge currently closed? Do you know if Storm King Mountain Hike is open? This is invaluable and we’re so grateful for the time that you are taking to do this. Breakneck Ridge is still closed and barricaded. 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