Sunday December
4, 2022 Mt Tammany Hike Moderately Strenuous
After backtracking to the Red Dot Trail, we will hike up to
Mt. Tammany to enjoy some exciting views and then take the Blue Dot trail to
Dunnfield Creek up to Sunfish Pond, where we will enjoy lunch and return on the
AT. Approx. 8-9 mi long. Rain Cancels the hike.
Leaders: Mike Roulier 201-522-0259 MROULIER@PATELLAWOOD.COM
Jill Wilson 973-879-0531 SUNSHYN812@GMAIL.COM
Meet: 8:30 AM-Start: 9:00 AM
Delaware Water Gap, Dunfield Creek/AT Parking Lot, Hardwick
Township, NJ
From I-287/I-80
intersection: Go west on I-80 for about 42.5 miles to the Delaware
Gap Area. At mile post #1, exit at the Dunfield Creek/ Appalachian
Trail sign. Pass the first parking lot on the right and go to the second lot on the
right (AT Parking). GPS (40.9713, -75.1252)
If you miss the Exit:
Continue to the Exit for Visitor Center Sign. THIS IS THE LAST EXIT BEFORE
BRIDGE TO PA. Turn left at the end of the ramp, and continue on the service
road parallel to I-80 heading to the visitor center. Pass
by the center and go under the interstate to ramp, that you missed. Turn left
toward I-80 but exit at the AT parking lot immediately on your right.
Sunday December
11, 2022 Bald Mountain, the Timp, and Doodletown Moderately Strenuous
This 6-mile loop hike follows a
steep climb to the spectacular view from Bald Mt., takes us to more views from
the Timp, and then passes through Doodletown, which was a thriving community
until it was acquired by the state to make additional park lands in the 1960s. We'll explore ruins of former structures and
an old cemetery in Doodletown.
Leader: Paul
Ferlazzo 973-979-2010 P_FERLAZZO@YAHOO.COM
Meet: 9:00 AM Cornell
Mine Trailhead on Route 202/9W (Northbound Side), Tomkins Cove, NY 10986
From Palisades Parkway Northbound: Take Parkway to its end at the Bear
Mountain Bridge Circle and Rt-9W. (About 18 miles north of New York State
Thruway) Go south (right) on Rt-9W/Haverstraw for 1.4 miles to the parking area
along northbound (opposite) side of Rt-9W.
GPS (41.3008, -73.9859)
Sunday December 18, 2022 High Tor Park
Moderately
Strenuous
This hike is a 10-mile round trip hike to High Tor and
back. There are excellent views along the Hudson. Hi Tor is at the end of the
Palisade Formation of Diabase Rock. From the river viewpoint one can look down
at Haverstraw where in times past a flourishing brick industry utilized the blue
mud from the lowlands eventually digging deeper than 100 ft. below the river. The
invention of the automatic brick making machine in 1850 made Haverstraw “The
Brick Capital of USA”.
Leader: David Hartree
DAVID.HARTREE@GMAIL.COM
From Suffern @ I-287 & I-87N
Interchange Exit 15A: Take
I-287 North - merging briefly onto the NYS Thruway but immediately exiting at
15A onto Rt-17 & Orange Turnpike. Turn right at the light towards Suffern.
Drive about 1.6 mi East on Orange Turnpike. After passing under the Thruway
overpass upon reaching Suffern at the traffic light, turn left onto Rt-202
North. Drive northbound on Rt-202 8.1 mi to Palisades Interstate Parkway
overpass. Continue under the PIP 0.1 mi to County Rd-45 at Light and turn Right.
Continue on Rt-45 0.15 mi to Park Entrance on left. (Very small sign.) Turn in to
the parking area.
From PIP Northbound: Take Exit 13 (Rt-202) The ramp leads to Rt-202 at light. Turn left
on Rt-202 and then onto Rt-45 southbound. Continue on Rt-45 0.15 mi to Park Entrance on left.
(Very small sign.) Turn in to the parking area.
GPS (41.1844,
-74.0365)
Monday December 26, 2022 Great Swamp Recreation Center EEC at Lord
Stirling Easy
Now that the presents are put
away let’s get out and smell the clean winter air! There are numerus trails
around this Center, some are on elevated boardwalks with views of the Passaic
River flowing thru the marshes and others around the ponds. The displays in the
Center are worth the trip alone. About 6 miles total.
Leader: Udi &
Neli Cohen 732- 543-4624 UDIC2000@GMAIL.COM
Meet: 9:00 AM Great
Swamp Recreation Center EEC, 190 Lord Stirling Rd, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920