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Daniel Chazin has been writing a regular column on hiking in the The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) since February 7, 2002. Originally entitled the "Hike of the Week" and appearing weekly, the column now appears every other Friday in the Go! Section. All of these columns are archived on this web site. If you have any questions or comments about these hikes, please contact Daniel Chazin.

Since April 22, 2004, a hiking column has appeared in the Poughkeepsie Journal Players Section on Thursdays. The Poughkeepsie Journal hikes are written by a variety of volunteers, with the process managed by Ralph Ferrusi. Columns published in 2004 and 2005 that are of greatest interest to hikers are archived on this web site. 

If you are looking for a particular hike, try searching in the box at the left for a location or feature that you are interested in. To find the locations of the major hiking areas near you, you may wish to consult our overview map of the entire NY/NJ area.

Index by Date

Bergen Record Columns (by date)

Poughkeepsie Journal (by date)

• Ready, set ... Hike! New feature kicks off with weekly walk 4/22/2004
• What you need: A primer for the woods 4/22/2004

Index by Area (using the Walk Book's organization)

New Jersey Walk Book

Chapter 5 (The Palisades):

Palisades Interstate Park

• 7/11/02
• 11/14/02
• 3/6/03
• 5/29/03
• 11/05/04
• 6/17/05
• 10/21/05
• 7/14/06

Flat Rock Brook Nature Center

• 7/25/02
• 1/13/06

Tenafly Nature Center and Lost Brook Preserve

• 10/17/02
• 4/8/05

Teaneck Creek Conservancy

• 5/19/06

Chapter 6 (The Ramapo Mountains): All map references should be to Map 115

Campgaw Mountain County Reservation

• 11/21/02
• 11/6/03
• 12/30/05

Ramapo Valley County Reservation

• 2/7/02
• 12/26/02
• 8/14/03
• 12/15/03
• 2/9/07

Camp Glen Gray

• 3/13/03
• 10/16/03
• 8/10/04
• 7/1/05

Ramapo Mountain State Forest

• 2/21/02
• 3/21/02
• 4/25/02
• 6/20/02
• 1/9/03
• 3/13/03
• 10/16/03
• 8/10/04
• 1/14/05
• 7/1/05
• 3/24/06
• 10/12/07

Ringwood State Park

• 3/7/02
• 7/3/03
• 1/12/04
• 1/28/05
• 5/11/07

Chapter 7 (The Wyanokies): All map references should be to Map 115

Norvin Green State Forest

• 3/14/02
• 5/16/02
• 11/7/02
• 9/11/03
• 4/6/04
• 3/25/05
• 9/23/05
• 10/20/06
• 11/9/07

Monksville/Stonetown

• 1/12/07

Long Pond Ironworks State Park

• 12/19/02
• 12/01/06
• 4/06/07

Chapter 8 (Bearfort Ridge and Wawayanda): All map references should be to Map 116

Abram S. Hewitt State Forest

• 1/2/03
• 6/3/05

Wawayanda State Park

• 8/8/02
• 11/28/02
• 8/26/05
• 4/21/06

Chapter 9 (The Watchungs):

Eagle Rock Reservation (West Orange, N.J.)

• 7/20/07

Garret Mountain Reservation

• 9/26/02
• 4/24/03
• 10/2/03

High Mountain

• 6/6/02

South Mountain Reservation

• 2/24/04

Watchung Reservation

• 1/30/03

Hackensack Meadowlands

• 5/15/03

Chapter 10 (Morris County):

Black River

• 5/8/03

Farny Highlands

• 9/25/03
• 12/2/05

Great Swamp (Lord Stirling Park)

• 7/4/02

Hacklebarney State Park

• 8/17/07

Hedden County Park (Randolph, N.J.)

• 2/10/06

Mahlon Dickerson Reservation

• 8/15/02
• 2/20/03

Morristown National Historical Park

• 1/23/03
• 3/20/03
• 6/12/03
• 12/03/04

Mount Hope Historical Park

• 7/17/03

Patriots’ Path

• 6/27/02

Pyramid Mountain Natural Historical Park

• 4/4/02
• 5/9/02
• 4/10/03
• 11/4/05
• 8/25/06

Schooley's Mountain County Park

• 6/15/04

Tourne County Park (Boonton, New Jersey)

• 6/08/07

Chapter 11 (The Kittatinnies):

High Point State Park

• 8/1/02
• 5/4/04

Stokes State Forest

• 8/28/03

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

• 9/5/02
• 7/31/03
• 09/22/06

Jenny Jump State Forest

• 8/24/04

Worthington State Forest

• 7/29/05

Swartswood State Park

• 6/16/06

Allamuchy Mountain State Park

• 3/9/07

Chapter 12 (Central Jersey):

Musconetcong River Reservation:

• 10/9/03
• 11/13/03

Merrill Creek Reservoir Environmental Preserve

• 9/21/04

Sourland Mountain Preserve

• 9/14/07

 

Chapter 13 (The Jersey Shore):

Allaire State Park

• 11/17/06

Cheesequake State Park

• 5/23/02

Hartshorne Woods Park

• 4/3/03
• 11/20/03

Huber Woods Park

• 5/22/03

New York Walk Book:

Chapter 5 (New York City):

Van Cortlandt Park

• 1/26/04

 Chapter 7 (Westchester County):

Blue Mountain Reservation

• 9/7/04

Cranberry Lake Preserve

• 2/25/05

Hudson Highlands Gateway Park (Cortlandt, New York)

• 4/27/07

Old Croton Aqueduct

• 5/30/02
• 2/6/03
• 4/17/03

Rockefeller State Park Preserve

• 8/11/06

Saxon Woods Park

• 12/29/06

Sylvan Glen Park Preserve

• 1/18/08

Teatown Lake Reservation

• 10/06/06

Ward Pound Ridge Reservation

• 12/31/04
• 08/31/07

Westchester Wilderness Walk

• 12/16/05

Westmoreland Sanctuary

• 4/7/06

Chapter 8 (Fahnestock State Park):

• 6/26/03
• 3/9/04
• 9/9/05
• 3/23/07
• 11/23/07

Chapter 9 (East Hudson Highlands):

• 4/18/02
• 6/13/02
• 6/5/03
• 4/20/04
• 7/13/04
• 3/11/05
• 5/20/05
• 5/5/06
• 6/2/06

Chapter 12 (The Catskills):

• 8/29/02
• 10/3/02
• 7/24/03
• 9/18/03
• 10/26/07

Chapter 13 (The Shawangunk Mountains):

Mohonk Preserve and/or Mohonk Mountain House

• 1/16/03
• 2/27/03
• 5/1/03
• 10/30/03
• 5/18/04
• 2/11/05
• 4/22/05
• 1/26/07
• 12/21/07

Minnewaska State Park Preserve

• 8/7/03
• 2/10/04
• 5/18/04
• 7/26/04
• 7/06/07

Sam’s Point Dwarf Pine Ridge Preserve

• 9/4/03

Lenape Ridge (Port Jervis)

• 8/03/07

Chapter 14 (Schunemunk Mountain):

• 4/11/02
• 10/23/03
• 2/24/06
• 6/30/06

Chapter 15 (Storm King and Black Rock Forest):

Storm King State Park

• 10/31/02
• 8/21/03
• 8/12/05

Black Rock Forest

• 7/10/03
• 6/29/04
• 7/15/05
• 09/08/06

Chapter 16 (Bear Mountain-Harriman State Parks):

North of Route 106- Map #4 or #119

• 2/28/02
• 8/22/02
• 9/12/02
• 12/12/02
• 2/13/03
• 6/19/03
• 12/1/03
• 6/1/04
• 12/17/04
• 5/6/05
• 1/27/06
• 7/28/06
• 11/3/06
• 12/15/06
• 6/22/07

South of Route 106- Map #3 or #118

• 7/18/02
• 9/12/02
• 3/27/03
• 12/29/03
• 3/23/04
• 10/05/04
• 10/7/05
• 11/18/05
• 2/23/07
• 9/28/07

Chapter 17 (Rockland County):

• 3/28/02
• 10/10/02
• 12/5/02
• 10/22/04
• 3/10/06

Chapter 18 (Sterling Forest):

• 2/14/02
• 5/2/02
• 9/19/02
• 11/19/04

Chapter 19 (Long Distance Trails):

Appalachian Trail

• 5/25/07

Long Path

• 10/24/02