Pine Swamp Mine Loop

Harriman State Park
Orange Co, NY

Hiking Trails:
Arden-Surebridge Trail: Red blaze
Dunning Trail: Yellow blaze
Long Path: Green blaze

Total Time: 1:50 hour
Estimated Distance: 3.3 Miles

Pros: Nice view, historic mine, scenic lake
Cons: None
Hike Type: Loop
Level of Difficulty: Difficult

Google Maps of Parking:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/dzohiYwYQRNbCtyd8

Hiking Partner:
Yehudah Koblick

The Pine Swamp Mine is a very large hole like a cave that you can go all the way into. It's a great place for a historical understanding of Harriman State Park and its mining history. We parked at the Lake Skanatati and took the Arden-Surebridge Trail up, and then we took the old trail up the scramble to the Pine Swamp Mountain view (no longer on the trail and since rerouted.)

We then went back to the Arden-Surebridge Trail to Dunning Trail at the the Pine Swamp Mine, which is a complex of many pits and dumps, including a very large hole that we went all the way into. There is a path up the hill by the dumps that goes to the complex. We then continued along the Dunning Trail to the Long Path, which we took back to our car.

Lake Skanatati from the Parking Lot

Pine Swamp Mountain View

Pine Swamp Mine Pit

Pine Swamp Mine Big Hole

Inside the Pine Swamp Mine

Pine Swamp