Goosepond Mountain State Park

Goosepond Mountain State Park

Highlands Trail through Goosepond Mountain State Park - Photo credit: Daniela Wagstaff Highlands Trail through Goosepond Mountain State Park - Photo credit: Daniela Wagstaff
41.345678, -74.226142

The pastoral park is undeveloped except for an abandoned paved road crisscrossed with a labyrinth of unmarked narrow trails. A section of the Highlands Trail traverses it as the only blazed trail.

Largely undeveloped, this is a beautiful park with a mixture of woods, open fields and wetlands amid the hills and valleys of Orange County.  The land was originally acquired with funds from the New York Bond Acts of 1960 and 1962.  All existing structures were removed to create this expansive recreation area, which has since been returning to its natural state.

In 2016 the ...

Park Acreage:

1958.00 acres

Municipality:

Chester

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Contact Information

Web Link:

OPRHP, Goosepond Mountain State Park

Phone:

(845) 786-2701

Fees:

None

Dogs in park:

Dogs on leash

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Trip Reports

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March 25, 2018
5
A wonderful park!
A wonderful park!
madmage
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