Long Path/Bike Path Loop from Landing Road

Hook Mountain State Park

View across the Hudson River from the Long Path - Photo by Daniel Chazin View across the Hudson River from the Long Path - Photo by Daniel Chazin View of the Hudson River from Hook Mountain - Photo credit: Daniela Wagstaff View of the Hudson River from Hook Mountain - Photo credit: Daniela Wagstaff

This loop hike follows the ridge of Hook Mountain, with many views, and returns via a bike path along the Hudson River.

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The aqua-blazed Long Path -- which will be your route for the first part of the hike -- crosses the road near the barricade. Follow the Long Path to the north (left) as it begins to climb the ridge of Hook Mountain. In a short distance, you'll notice an old cemetery (the Wells Family Burial Ground) behind an iron fence on the right, with gravestones dating to the 1840s. You'll want to stop and...

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Trip Reports

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March 04, 2013
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Video showing this trail
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">Me and my husband hiked this trail many times. If you guys like to see how it looks like check out the video we recorded while hiking: </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgm_wIPa_i0"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgm_wIPa_i0</span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">&nbsp;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;I hope you will find it helpful.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></p>
pilgrim
February 08, 2012
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RIP Coleen and Jenna
<P>It's been a year since they fell to their deaths off Hook.&nbsp;</P>
thegup
February 07, 2012
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the old cemetery
<p>does anyone have information about this cemetery? I was intrigued by the modern toys and flowers left on the grave of Henry Hewett who died at age nine months in 1845.... was just curious what the story was...</p>
julie s.
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