Harriman State Park
Orange Co, NY
Hiking Trails:
Arden-Surebridge Trail: Red blaze
Dunning Trail: Yellow blaze
Long Path: Green blaze
Total Time: 1:50 hour
Estimated Distance: 3.3 Miles
Pros: Nice view, historic mine, scenic lake
Cons: None
Hike Type: Loop
Level of Difficulty: Difficult
Google Maps of Parking:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/dzohiYwYQRNbCtyd8
Hiking Partner:
Yehudah Koblick
The Pine Swamp Mine is a very large hole like a cave that you can go all the way into. It's a great place for a historical understanding of Harriman State Park and its mining history. We parked at the Lake Skanatati and took the Arden-Surebridge Trail up, and then we took the old trail up the scramble to the Pine Swamp Mountain view (no longer on the trail and since rerouted.)
We then went back to the Arden-Surebridge Trail to Dunning Trail at the the Pine Swamp Mine, which is a complex of many pits and dumps, including a very large hole that we went all the way into. There is a path up the hill by the dumps that goes to the complex. We then continued along the Dunning Trail to the Long Path, which we took back to our car.
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| Lake Skanatati from the Parking Lot |
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| Pine Swamp Mountain View |
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| Pine Swamp Mine Pit |
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| Pine Swamp Mine Big Hole |
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| Inside the Pine Swamp Mine |
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| Pine Swamp |
