Bear Mountain State Park
Orange Co.,
New York
Hiking Trails:
1777-1779 Trail: Red blaze
Timp-Torne Trail: Blue blaze
Popolopen Gorge Trai: Red blaze
Brooks Lake Trai: Red blaze
Total Time: 2:15 hour
Estimated Distance: 3.7 Miles
Pros: Scenic bridges, pretty gorge
Cons: Sound from highway nearby
Level of Difficulty: Moderate
Hiking Partners:
Shimmy Rosenberg
Josef Friedman
The Popolopen Gorge is a steep gorge formed by the Popolopen Creek, flanked by the steep cliffs of Bear Mountain on one side, and Popolopen Torne on on the other. This loop trail involves two trails, one on each side of the gorge, for a fairly moderate hike.
We parked at the Fort Montgomery historical site, and took the combined Timp-Torne, 1777, and 1779 Trails under the Popolopen Gorge Bridge and then went off back to the road and crossed the Popolopen Gorge Bridge on the sidewalk of busy Route 9W.
Right after the bridge is the start of the Popolopen Gorge Trail, which we took alongside the southern flank of the Popolopen Creek. This trail meets up again with the combined Timp-Torne, 1777, and 1779 right before a newly constructed, sturdy bridge across the Popolopen Creek. We then the combined Timp-Torne, 1777, and 1779 Trail towards Brooks Lake, and we veered off slightly onto the Brooks Lake Trail to take a picture of Brooks Lake. We continued back on the combined trails, which we took back under the Popolopen Trail and back to car. When we came back, we spent a few minutes looking through the visitors center which talks all about Ft. Montgomery.
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| Map of the Route |
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| Beginning of the Hike at Ft. Montgomery |
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| Trail Going Underneath Route 9W Popolopen Bridge |
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| Bear Mountain Bridge |
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| Sign on Route 9W |
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| Popolopen Creek from the Bridge |
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| Flowers at the Beginning of the Hike |
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| Bridge Across the Popolopen Bridge |
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| Crossing the Creek on the Trail |
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| Bridge Across the Popolopen Bridge |
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| Trail Markers near Brooks Lake |
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| Boardwalk over the Brooks Lake Inlet |
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| Brooks Lake |
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| Another View of Brooks Lake |
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| Me at Brooks Lake |
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| Shimmy Relaxing on a Bent Tree |
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| Old Ruin near Brooks Lake |
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| Whitetail Deer Awfully Close to us on the Trail |
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| Going Back Under the Popolopen Bridge |
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| Steps nearing the end of the Hike |
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| Inside the Ft. Montgomery Visitors Center |
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| Ft. Montgomery Visitors Center |
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