Sunday October 1, 2023 Schooley’s Mountain Moderately Strenuous
This
will be a 7-mile hike into and up Schooley’s Mountain. We will see the new set
of stone steps that Morris County installed next to the waterfalls. We will be
hiking a section of the Patriots Path today. Several steep sections. Bring
Poles.
Leader:
Udi Cohen
732-543-4624 UDIC2000@GMAIL.COM
Meet: 8:30 AM Gillette Trail Parking Lot, 75 Rt-24, Long
Valley, NJ 07853
From I-80 Exit 27 (Rt-206 South): Continue southward on
Rt-206 about 7+ mi to the Chester area at the light for the intersection of
Rt-513/(Rt-24). Turn right (west) onto Rt-513/(Rt-24) and continue 3.6 mi to
the Gillette Trail Parking lot
on the right.
GPS (40.7843, -74.7661)
Sunday October
8, 2023 Trail
Maintenance Schunemunk Moderately
Strenuous
The club maintains this section of the
Western Ridge trail (the previous Long Path), as well as the Lower Jessup
Trail. Please come and help us maintain these trails! Bring your lunch, water,
clippers and good working gloves. If you do not have clippers, you can use the
tools provided by the club.
Leader: Trails Chair–Sara Van Niekerk 973-489-6442 SUSARAVN@GMAIL.COM
Meet: 9:00 AM Otterkill Parking Lot, 340
Otterkill Rd, Salisbury Mills, NY 12577 (Also known as New Windsor)
From I-87 Exit 16 Harriman/Woodbury Commons: After tollbooths continue straight westward 3½ mi to
Exit 130 (Rt- 208).
Turning right drive 2.8 mi following Rt-208 Northward,
then at mini-mall, turn right onto Clove Rd. Continue on Clove Rd. 4.4 miles,
then turn right onto Otterkill Rd. Drive 0.8 mi, the parking lot is on the
left. Meeting Place GPS
(41.4256 -74.1015)
Sunday October
15, 2023 Red Bank to Battery Lewis Moderately Strenuous
This hike is approximately 8-9 miles from Red Bank NJ,
through the town of Rumson and then Hartshorne Woods to Battery Lewis, where
you can see the old WW2 cannons and views of the river and ocean. This
is a shuttle hike.
Leaders:
Craig Nunn 551-206-6823 DYSTOPICNJ@GMAIL.COM
Eileen Kowler 732-668-3380 EILEEN.KOWLER@GMAIL.COM
Meet: 9:30 AM Rocky
Point Entrance of Hartshorne Woods Park, 1402 Portland Road, Highlands
NJ.
From
Garden State Parkway South Exit 117, Rt-36/Sandy Hook. Proceed toward Sandy
Hook on Rt-36 about 14 miles to the light at Miller St. on the right. (Large
Church on corner.) Turn in and go 1 block to Highland Ave, Turn left and go 1
block to S Peak St on right. Turn in and go 1 block to intersection with Grand Tour
on right. Follow Grand tour 0.4 mi turn onto Portland Rd and the Rocky Point
Entrance of Hartshorne Woods Park. Park near the restrooms. GPS (40.3910, -73.9889)
Those
coming from NYC should meet at the NJ Transit station in Red Bank and
contact leaders for time and transport information.
Sunday October 21 to 28,
2023 AT Hikes—North Carolina—Hiking Week Strenuous
The
hikes along the AT, will be picking up from Watauga Dam. We expect to complete the
AT through Damascus Virginia. Contact leaders for more information, mileages
and the date of the hike.
Leaders:
Guy & Jen Percival 973-590-7437 PERCIVALGUY@GMAIL.COM
You
Must register with leaders to attend these hikes.
Sunday October 29,
2023 Popolopen Torne, Fort Montgomery,
NY Moderately Strenuous
Following historic 77/79 trails, we will
ascend Popolopen Torne. This trail requires some technical rock scrambling in
parts. The summit offers 360-degree views of the Hudson River, Bear Mountain
and Bear Mountain Bridge. We will return along the scenic Popolopen Creek and
will end exploring underneath the Bear Mountain Bridge & Historic Fort
Montgomery on the way back to the Parking area. About 8 miles in length.
Leaders: Mike
Roulier 973-879-8218 MROULIER2016@GMAIL.COM
Jill Wilson 973-879-0531 SUNSHYN812@GMAIL.COM
NOTE: Meet time changed to 8:00AM
Meet: 8:00 AM Fort Montgomery Overflow
Parking on Rt-9W north, 708 Rt-9W, Highland Falls NY 10928
Take the Palisades Interstate Parkway: North to Rt-9W traffic circle near Bear Mountain
Bridge (about 18 miles north of NY State Thruway). At the circle junction go
north on Rt-9W about 3/4 mi across Popolopen Bridge (0.3 mi past Fort
Montgomery entrance) to “Additional parking” lot just off of the viaduct on the
east side of Rt-9W. GPS
Meeting Place (41.3283, -73.9877)