Now it gave us the freedom to hike all the way to Low Tor and high for as well as going up to the Indian Chair and all the way out to Haverstraw at the cut of the mountain off of 9W. We used to run dirt bikes, dune buggy, gocarts and bicycles or just plain hike and camp out at times. We had a friend who lived back in the woods on state land which the dirt road leading to his house was on the way up to the fire trail just east of the entrance from South Mountain Rd. But none the less we always took the short cut from the top of South Central Hwy and Tulip Tree Dr. Or if we wanted to we could have went in from many places along South Central Hwy to the top of the mountain above the lookout parking area at the west end of the fire trail. We had access from the top of Tulip Tree Dr. The whole top of the mountain was our playground for my friends and neighbor’s.
I was in the development just before south central hwy. The road was at 200 feet in elevation, and the high point reached during the day would be 830 feet, at High Tor.Īs Donald I myself grew up on the mountain side just west of low tor facing northeast with a view from Low Tor mountain to Jones Point on the Hudson across from Fishkill. We began walking a short distance west along Haverstraw Road, following the aqua blazes of the Long Path, which turned north into the woods shortly after the intersection with Country Road 23.ġ0:47 a.m.: The Long Path soon passed an old stone wall and began a gradual climbing. Nachi called the meeting for 10 a.m., but some drivers were late, got lost, etc., and as a result we didn’t begin hiking until around 10:40. The parking area is not marked on map 111, but is at GPS coordinates 41.1771, 73.9604. Our route was on maps 111 and 112 of the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference “Hudson Palisades Trails” series. Rather than starting the hike in the park, we met at a parking area about 1/2 mile outside the park, off Old Route 90 (Haverstraw Road), east of County Road 23.
It was not the prettiest of days, with gray skies and temperatures in the 40s, and obviously no green vegetation. Nachi suggested a short hike in High Tor State Park, and ten of us participated.
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