Cool! This is why I always carry a gun on me when I'm hiking.
Finally escaped Brooklyn for an overnight hike. First time since February. This was one of the best overnights I've done across the park honestly. With some slight variation like leaving from Tuxedo and going over Bald Rocks, and finding a better spot to camp at this could be a near-perfect weekend trip.
We took the train from the city to the Tuxedo stop and then a short cab ride to the South fields (West side of Harriman State Park) to start the trail. From there we went North East eventually meeting up with the AT and the Long Path. Along the way we went by 2 mines including the Bradly Mine which was super rad, even has an archway. Definitely check that out if you have not before, it's slightly off-trail. We Stealth camped at what was supposed to be a lake but was more of a pond, Lake Nawahunta. I don't recommend doing that as it's right off SevenLakesDrive and sucked for swimming which is why we wanted to go there. The next day we followed the Long Path North, went for a swim in Turkey Hill Pond, illegally checked out this old Furnace, summited Mt Torne (Best View in the park I think), swam in popolope creek and linked back up with the AT to cross the Bear Mt Bridge. From there we took the hard way up Anthonys Nose (Super dope but tough scramble) and then descended to Peekskill and caught the train back to Brooklyn. Ended up being 23 miles total with 4k+ of elevation gain. Deffelty was an ass-kicker with 90+ degree heat that weekend after being couch-locked the past 5 months. AllTrails link below
It’s about 4 miles there and back with roughly 800ft elevation. You can roughly follow this and it’ll take you to the lake, it’s up to you if you wanna loop around it. It usually takes me 3 hours there and back. https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/new-york/pine-meadow-lake-via-7-hills-trail?p=-1
These things are awesome if you are sitting around. I've used them for a few years now.
There are a few versions out there too I like this one. One tank will last days.