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

Lake Askoti Hasenclever Mountain Pine Swamp Mountain Loop

Harriman State Park
Orange Co, NY

Hiking Trails:
Arden-Surebridge Trail: Red blaze
Red Cross Trail: Red blaze
Bottle Cap Extension Trail: Bottle Cap blazes

Total Time: 2:00 hour
Estimated Distance: 3.3 Miles

Pros: Very scenic lake and good views
Cons: None
Hike Type: Loop
Level of Difficulty: Moderate

Google Maps of Parking:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/yBBvb8mYxyxpcmAa8

I parked at the Lake Skanatati parking area, and climbed up the Arden-Surebridge Trail, and then tool the Red Cross Trail down to Seven Lakes Drive. I crossed Seven Lakes Drive and stopped at the rock peninsula at the northern end of Lake Askoti for some great photos. I then continued along the Arden-Surebridge Trail up to the view at Hasenclever Mountain.

I then took the detour on the Bottle Cap Extension Trail, which connects the Camp Thendara Road to the Arden-Surebridge Trail. I then took the Camp Thendara Road and crossed Seven Lakes Drive, and then took the unnamed Woods Road to Pine Swamp Mine. I then took the Arden-Surebridge Trail back to the trailhead.

(Note: This is my first hike for almost a year that I am back with my Sony Alpha camera. My camera had broken the previous fall and I finally got a replacement. I was using my cell phone camera for the past 10 months.)

Map of the Route

Lake Skanatati

Arden-Surebridge Trail

Lake Askoti North Peninsula

Ascending Hasenclever Mountain

Hasenclever Mountain View

Bottlecap Extension Trailhead

Woods Road near Pine Swamp Mine

Mine Pit at Pine Swamp Mine

Pine Swamp Mountain View Overlooking Lake Kanawauke