| Date |
Area |
Description |
9/2/2008 update 11/8/2008 |
AT-Dutchess County |
Now fully open! 11/8/2008
Nuclear Lake Side Trail to be closed this fall. The National Park Service plans to work on the dam and access road from Route 55, beginning in mid-September. The AT in the area will be unaffected, but the yellowTrail around the eastern side of Nuclear Lake will be closed for a time, as will the access road (not the blue side trail) from Route 55. |
| 10/27/2008 |
Pequannock Watershed |
The beaver dam at the south end of Buckabear Pond is causing problems again. Depending on the water level it may or may not be crossable. Some times you can cross below the dam, at others the dam is walkable but wet. This affects the Clinton West and Highlands Trails. In addition the Bearfort Waters Trail along the west side of the pond is under water. Until the trail crew does some serious work in this area, plan on not using the Bearfort Waters Trail, and/or possibly having to wade the Clinton West/Highlands Trail near the dam. |
5/21/2008
update 10/15/2008 |
Minnewaska S.P. |
Now fully open 10/15/2008
Update:While many trails at the park reopened at the end of April, the following trails remain closed until further notice: The Long Path/Jenny Lane Trail;
Old Smiley Carriageway; the whole of the Stony Kill Falls access area |
| 10/2/2008 |
Fahnestock S.P. |
Old Mine Railroad Trail across Hidden Lake Dam may be too wet to cross without getting wet feet because of the beaver activity. This is usually only for a few days after significant rains. If it is too wet it can be bypassed by using the 3 Lakes and Charcoal Burners trails about 0.2 mile further. There are currently no plans to fix the problem. |
9/4/2008 update
7/16/2008
|
Bear Mountain S.P. |
Popolopen Gorge Trails Will Not Close This Fall. Construction work on a new water line that would have closed trails in the Popolopen Gorge this fall and winter has been postponed, owing to budget cutbacks by New York State, state officials announced September 4. Affected trails include the Popolopen Gorge Trail and co-aligned
Timp Torne, 1777W & 1779 Trails on the south side of the Popolopen Brook and along both sides of Queensboro Creek. The work may be rescheduled next year. |
| 5/21/2008 |
Harriman S.P. |
Diltz Road Parking Area in Ladentown Off Limits to Hikers until further notice. It is being used by the Algonquin Pipeline project. |
| 5/01/2008 |
Harriman S.P. |
Route 106 Closed: Between Little Long Pond and Kanawauke Lake until end of summer due to bridge closing. Trailhead parking areas are accessible only from the west (Route 17/17A) |
| 5/01/2008 |
Delaware Water Gap |
Milford-Montague Walkway Closed: Pedestrian walkway over Delaware River is closed until Memorial Day 2009. |
| 4/30/2008 |
Minnewaska S.P. |
Minnewaska State Park, Sam's Point, and trails at Mohonk Preserve were reopened on April 29, after heavy rains drenched the extensive fire, but some Minnewaska trails will remain closed, basically everything in the area north/west of the Peters Kill and Fly Brook including:
Lower Awosting Parking area, the Lower Awosting Carriageway, Mossy Glen Trail, the Long Path/Jenny Lane Trail, the whole of the Stony Kill Falls access area, Stony Kill Carriageway, and the Old Smiley Carriageway. |
| 4/24/2008 |
Minnewaska S.P.
Sam's Point
|
Entire Park closed owing to fire. Some Mohonk Preserve trails also closed, including High Peterskill Trail,and all trails south of Trapps Bridge (Millbrook Ridge,Coxing Trails, Trapps Carriage Road |
| 4/8/2008 |
LP north |
Section 26 at Rt 32C - temporarily closed for logging. Use flagged relo. |
3/14/2008
updated
4/1/2008 |
Harriman |
Rt 106 is temporily closed (unknown fix date) due to a culvert failure. However it is open from both ends to the trailheads. The blockage is at Little Long Pond and most of the trailheads are west of that and must be accessed from Rt 17 end.
4/1 now expected to be closed through the summer. You can walk through the closed area.
More information will appear here when we know more. |
| Occasionally |
Storm King |
The Storm King Highway, Rt 218 between West Point and Cornwall is closed whenever there is more than 1 inch of rain or 10 inches of snow. it reopens when it is cleared. See article explaining policies. |
| 11/30/2007 |
LP north |
At the request of the landowner, the part of Long Path Section 33 from Elm Drive to Beaver Dam Road will be closed to hikers from Thursday November 21, 2007 until Tuesday January 2, 2008. This period covers the major hunting seasons and signs are being put up. The portion of the old trail South of Elm Drive has been closed for years but it seems some people are using parts of it. That portion which is also on private land, which was not open anyway, is now definitely closed for the hunting seasons and until further notice. South of Elm Drive the major part of L-P Section 33 is on roads which can be hiked. The "Closed" signs will be taken down and notices sent out when the part from Elm Drive to Beaver Dam Road is reopened on January 2nd. Although the L-P is closed, the old ski run itself, at Beaver Dam Road is Thacher Park Property and of course, is open for use for skiing, sledding, etc. Clark H. Galloway, Trails Chairman, Mohawk Hudson Chapter, Appalachian Mountain Club |
| 11/13/2007 |
Bear Mt. |
The pedestrian tunnel carrying the AT and 1777 Trail underneath Route 9W (in between Bear Mountain State Park and the zoo) is temporarily closed for construction work. A temporary stoplight has been set up just north of the tunnel to provide a safe crossing. The closure is expected to last at least through February.
Northbound directions: Continue on the paved walkway until just past the bathrooms, where a walkway turns off to the right and leads to the stoplight crossing. After crossing 9W, pass though open gate and continue towards pool and zoo entrances to rejoin AT northbound.
Southbound directions: Pass blocked off tunnel entrance and continue straight to open gate in fence to reach stoplight crossing. After crossing 9W, continue on walkway to bathrooms, then turn left and follow wide paved walkway to rejoin AT southbound. |
| 7/24/2007 open now |
Storm King |
Bridge on the Stillman Trail closed. Go around via Bluebird Trail. |
| 6/20/2007 |
Catskills |
Due to storm damage, NY Route 206 / CR 7 (Downsville-Rockland Road,
a.k.a. Cat Hollow Road) is closed from the Pepacton Reservoir to the
Delaware-Sullivan County Line. This road is shown on NY/NJ TC map #44
and is crossed by the Campbell Mountain Trail.
|
The parking at P8 on Stephens Road (private) has been moved about 3/4 mile down the hill to help control ATV access and other abuses. The road is still open to hikers.