Pine Meadow Trail

To get to Pine Meadow Lake and the Conkins Crossing Trail, take the Pine Meadow Trail. Before returning to Pine Meadow Trail, this will lead to Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail. Since hiking is highly popular in this region, you can run into other hikers while doing your exploration. The months of April through October are ideal for hiking this trek. Dogs are permitted, but they must be leashed.

This hike is located in Harriman State Park and is another one of the top hiking trails nearby NYC. It is easily accessible by train (take a Port Jervis line train from Penn station to Sloatsburg station) and a fantastic choice if you're searching for a less strenuous hike with breathtaking scenery.

This hike will therefore begin at the Reeves Meadow Visitors Center, where you may then join the Pine Meadow Trail. Continue along Stony Brook and Pine Meadow Brook, then circumnavigate the lake either in a clockwise or anticlockwise direction. To rejoin the Raccoon Brook Hills Trail and Pine Meadow Trail as you approach the loop's conclusion, turn right onto Pine Meadow Lake Woods Road. If you want to break up the monotony on one of the best walks near NYC in terms of scenery, you can use the Kakiat Trail and continue on from there to the Stony Brook Trail.

There is a severe lack of parking at Pine Meadow Trail. A few parking spaces are available at the equestrian center, or you can park at the start of the road that leads there and walk to the trailhead from there.

Location: Sloatsburg, NY
Distance: 10.0 miles
Difficulty: Moderate
Route: Loop
Elevation Gain: 1,171 feet
Distance from NYC: 50 miles or an hour and 15 minute drive from NYC.

Rating: 4.4/5.0, 648 Alltrails reviews