Kakiat RBBN Hike

Kakiat County Park
Rockland Co.,
New York

Hiking Trails:
Mountain Trail: Orange blaze

Total Time: 1:15 minutes
Estimated Distance: 1.4 Mile

Pros: Good climb, short and sweet
Cons: View at summit is getting overgrown
Hike Type: Back and out
Level of  Difficulty: Slightly difficult

Google Maps of Parking:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/EFMnGZqJnP9RTZN96

Hiking Partners:
Pinny Morozow
Charles Kaufman
Eli Wiener
Yedidya Zeilingold

Kakiat is a very close location and my go place when I need a hike and am short on time. I run a business networking group called the RBBN and took some member of our group on a hike, combining business and pleasure at the end of the work day.

We parked at the main parking area, crossed over the bridge and climbed to the first view on the Mountain Trail. We then continued ascending the upper view. After enjoying the view and taking a break, we then went down the Mountain Trail, taking the shortcut bypassing the lower view.

Map of the Route

Staging Before Starting Out

Kakiat Lower View

Approaching the Kakiat Upper View

Kakiat Upper View

Kakiat Last Season Snow Walk

Kakiat County Park,
Rockland Co.,
New York

Hiking Trails:
Old Mill Trail: Blue blaze
Kakiat Trail: White blaze

Total Time: 23 minutes
Estimated Distance: 1.0 miles

Pros: Scenic with melting layer of snow
Cons: None

The winter season of 2019-2020 featured hardly any snow at all. This spring snow event was not much of a snow, but the ground was covered and left just enough for me to appreciate it. I took a quick stroll in Kakiat in the morning before the snow all melted shortly afterwards. I parked in the parking area, crossed the bridge over the Mahwah River, and then took the Old Mill Trail loop around back to the Kakiat Trail. I then walked along the meadow past the gazebo and along the path on the side of the Mahwah River, back to the bridge and back to my car.

Map of the Route

Mahwah River from the Bridge, Looking South

Bridge over the Mahwah River

Mahwah River from the Bridge, Looking North

Sign Indicating Start of the Mountain Trail

Snow Covered Sprouting Leaves

Old Mill Trail with Wet Melting Snow

Mahwah River Along the Old Mill Trail