Long Path Guide (softcopy)

This is the Revised 5th Edition of 2005, ISBN 1-880775-31-X, with updates applied (in progress). Updated sections are marked in the Table of Contents below with gray background and the actual changes are also marked with a gray background

Contents

President's Foreword v

Preface vi (minor text change)

Acknowledgments vii

Overview (minor text change)

History 6

Navigation 10

End-to-End 12

 

Hudson Palisades 14

1. George Washington Bridge to NY-NJ State Line 16 2002 corrected

2. NY-NJ State Line to Nyack 24

3. Nyack to Long Clove 31

 

The Hudson Highlands 36

4. Long Clove to Mt. Ivy 38

5. Mt. Ivy to Lake Skannatati 43 Temporary 9/19/2005 New parking

6. Lake Skannatati to US Route 6 48

7. US Route 6 to Woodbury 53

8. Woodbury to Salisbury Mills 58

 

Orange County and The Shawangunk Ridge 64

9. Salisbury Mills to NY Route 211 66 Relo 12/2/2004

10. NY Route 211 to Shawangunk Ridge Trail 71

11. Shawangunk Ridge Trail to Sam's Point Preserve 77 Relo 8/2008

12. Sam's Point Preserve to Jenny Lane 84 Reopen 2007

13. Jenny Lane to Riggsville 93

 

Southern Catskills 96

14. Riggsville to Bull Run 98

15. Bull Run to Denning Road 102

16. Denning Road to Woodland Valley State Campground 106

17. Woodland Valley State Campground to Phoenicia 112

18. Phoenicia to Silver Hollow Notch 115 Relo 8/20/2007

Central Catskills 120

19. Silver Hollow Notch to Platte Clove Road 122 Relo 8/20/2007

20. Platte Clove Road to Palenville 130

21. Palenville to North Lake State Campground 134

22. North Lake State Campground to Batavia Kill 138

23. Batavia Kill to NY Route 23 144

24. NY Route 23 to Greene County Route 10 150

 

Northern Catskills 154

25. Greene County Route 10 to Greene County Route 32C 156

26. Greene County Route 32C to West Conesville 160 Closed

27. West Conesville to Doney Hollow 166 Relo 5/2006

28. Doney Hollow to West Fulton 172

29. West Fulton to Middleburgh 177 Relo 7/26/2005

 

Capital District 184

30. Middleburgh to Albany County Line 186

31. Albany County Line to Switz Kill 192

32. Switz Kill to East Berne 197

33. East Berne to John Boyd Thacher State Park 202

34. John Boyd Thacher State Park to NY Route 146 209

 

Shawangunk Ridge Trail 214

G1. High Point State Park to US Route 6 216

G2. US Route 6 to NY Route 211 221

G3. NY Route 211 to Old NY Route 17 227 Relo 8/2008

G4. Old NY Route 17 to Long Path 232

 

Backpacking the Long Path 235

 

Index of Major Feature and Place Names 258

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