Taconic State Park

Taconic State Park

View from the South Taconic Trail on Alander Mountain at Taconic State Park - Photo credit: Michael Schenker View from the South Taconic Trail on Alander Mountain at Taconic State Park - Photo credit: Michael Schenker
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The trail system of the Southern Taconics features two parallel trails running north-south:  the 21.4-mile South Taconic Trail following the western range and escarpment, and a 16.5-mile section of the Appalachian Trail on the eastern range.  

Taconic State Park

East of the Harlem Valley of New York and west of the Housatonic Valley of Connecticut and Massachusetts rise the Taconics where Taconic State Park is located.  The Taconics extend north through western Massachusetts and eastern New York into southwestern Vermont, where they reach their highest elevations.  The name "Taconic" is a modern rendering of a Native...

Park Acreage:

7000.00 acres

Municipality:

Copake Falls

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Contact Information

Web Link:

Taconic State Park -- Copake Falls Area

Phone:

(518) 329-3993

Fees:

Some times and places; check with park

Dogs in park:

Dogs on leash

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