Torne View

Harriman State Park
Rockland Co.,
New York

Trails:
Pine Meadow Trail: Red blaze
Reeves Brook Trail: White blaze
Seven Hills Trail: Blue blaze
Pine Meadow Trail: Red blaze

Total Time: 2:40 hr
Estimated Distance: 4.75 Miles
Level of Difficulty: Difficult
Level of Recommendation: Recommended
Points Of Interest: Torne View, Pristine Scenery

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This was the first really cold hike of the season. It has been unseasonably warn until now, but I really had to bundle up for this hike. I parked at the Reeves Meadow hiker's trailhead, and took the Pine Meadow Trail for a very brief moment and veered off at the Reeves Brook Trail. This trail slowly climbs the mountain through a very scenic forest route on the side of the small Reeves Brook. I took the Reeve's Brook Trail to the Seven Hills Trail, which I then took south to the Torne View. The Torne view is an excellent one. From there continued along the notch right before the HTS Trail, and then descended the mountain on the Seven Hills Trail, and took this route al the way back to the Pine Meadow which is right by Reeves Brook.

Map of the Route.

People Descending the Scramble on the 7 Hills

View from Torne View. Facing northwest.

Another view from the Torne View. Facing West.

View From the Torne View, facing south
and High Torne Mountain.

View above the notch, facing the Torne View. Facing north.

View from mountain below High Torne.
Facing south towards the landfill.

View from mountain below High Torne.
Facing east at the Power Lines.

Ramapo Torne

Harriman State Park,
Rockland County,
New York

Trails:
Reeves Brook Trail: White blaze
Seven Hills Trail: Blue blaze
Hillburn Torne Sebago (HTS): Orange blaze

Total Time: 2:00 hr
Estimated Distance: 4.5 Miles

Hiking Partner:
Yehuda Koblick


The fall foliage was almost completely over, though this was a very nice late autumn day. I had last done this trail around 2 years prior in the winter in the snow, but I had only done the route coming down the good scramble. I had always meant to return here when the weather was nice to climb up the scramble, and this was the oppurtunity.

We started at the Reeves Meadow Visitors Center off 7 Lakes Drive near Sloatsburg, and headed up the Reeves Brook Trail for a short duration. Where the trail turns and crosses the stream we continued straight along the unmarked trail which intersects the 7 Hills Trail. From there continued on the 7 Hills Trail along the pretty scenery and Mountain Laurels until the intersection of the HTS trail terminus. At that point we took the HTS and took it up the mountain to the really nice scramble ascending Ramapo Torne. This mountain has a very jagged top with a great climb and outstanding views in 3 directions. From the top summit view, we descended down on the 7 Hills, and then took this route back to the trailhead.

Map of the Route.

Yehuda at the beginning of the scramble on the HTS

The lower view at Ramapo Torne. Facing north.

Me climbing the giant rock slabs below the summit.

Me climbing through a crevice in the rock slabs.

View from the summit. Facing west towards the Thruway.

Me at the summit.
Facing northeast with the Torne Valley landfill below.

View of the landfill. Facing South from summit.

Yehuda at the summit

Facing south towards the Ramapo Valley
and Sheraton Crossroads

Russian Bear.
Facing north from summit.

Diamond Mountain

Harriman State Park,
Rockland County, NY

Trails:
Pine Meadow Trail: Red Blaze
Stony Brook Trail: Yellow Blaze
Kakiat Trail: White Blaze
Seven Hills Trail: Black Blaze
Hillburn Torne Sebago (HTS) Trail: Orange Blaze

Total Time: 2:30 min
Estimated Distance: 4 Miles

Hiking Partner:
Avigael Friedman

This was another day of the hottest heat wave of the summer. Temperatures were in the upper 90s, but we were mostly in the shade.  July 4th was on Sunday, and this was July 5th so we were off for the Holiday. We started at the Reeves Meadow Visitor Center on 7 Lakes Drive and took the Pine Meadow Trail and headed east till the Stony Brook Trail to the Kakiat Trail. Continued along the Kakiat Trail till the Seven Hills Trail, and then veered off north on the Seven Hills up the scramble, and then continued to the great view on the top. It is interesting that the trail conference maps don't show the view lookout here despite this being one of the best lookouts in the park.

Continued to the intersection of the Hillburn Torne Sebage (HTS) Trail on top of Diamond Mnt, and headed down the HTS back toward the Pine Meadow Brook valley. From there took the Pine Meadow Trail back to the trailhead.

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Map of the route

Climbing the scramble on 7 Hills Trail

Climbing to the lower view on Diamond
Mountain on the 7 Hills Trail 

The view from Diamond Mountain facing west
towards the Pine Meadow Brook Valley 

View from 7 Hills Trail facing south.

North Hill

Harriman State Park,
Rockland County,
New York

Total Time: 2 Hours
Total Distance: About 4 miles

This was another gorgeous late summer day. The weather was about 75 degrees with little humidity. I finally had my camera back. I parked at the Reeves Meadow Visitor Center off 7 Lakes Drive in Sloatsburg, and took the Reeves Brook Trail up until the intersection of the 7 Hills Trail. Then took the 7 Hills Trail up the scramble which leads to an excellent view. This scramble, although short, is one of the best in the park. Took the 7 Hills up to the top of the North Hill, where there is a really good Panorama through the brush. Much of North Hill along this trail is not forested and just contains brush and short shrubs - this is presumably the result of a significant forest fire many years ago. Continued along the 7 Hills Trail down to the valley where I picked up the Pine Meadow Trail, and went down the Pine Meadow Trail, switched along the new trail to the Stony Brook Trail, and back to the Pine Meadow Trail and back to the car.

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Map of the route.

Steep scramble up 7 Hills Trail

View while ascending the scramble.
Looking southwest.


Continuing up the scramble


Towards the top of the scramble

View at the top. Facing southwest.


Facing north towards "Almost perpendicular".
("Almost Perpendicular" is the exposed cliff in the middle)


Open Brush area ascending the summit
of North Hill.


At the summit. Facing North.


View towards "Almost Perpendicular"
from the summit.


Starting the descent from the summit.
Facing northeast towards Diamond Mnt.
Jackie Jones Tower can be seen in the
far distance on the right of the photo.

Panorama from the summit.

Diamond Mountain / Halfway Mountain

Harriman State Park,
Rockland County,
New York

Estimated Length: 4 Miles
Estimated Time: 2:30 Hours

Hiking Partner:
Shimmy Rosenberg


Started at the Reeves Meadow Visitor Center on 7 Lakes Drive near Sloatsburg. Started at the Pine Meadow Trail and headed east till the Stony Brook Trail to the Kakiat Trail. Headed east on the Kakiat Trail until the Seven Hills Trail. Headed north on the Seven Hills up the screen scramble, and up to the great view on the top. Continued to the intersection of the Hillburn Torne Sebage (HTS) Trail, and headed down the HTS back toward the Pine Meadow Brook valley. From there took the Pine Meadow Trail back to the trailhead.

My camera had broken so we couldn't get good photos from this hike. I had to use my cell phone camera and Shimmy's cell phone camera. The weather was also very poor being very humid with an overcast and rainy sky, thus the photo quality is very poor.

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USGS Map of the route.

Shimmy climbing near the Cascade of Slid


Cascade of Slid Waterfall


Shimmy crossing Pine Meadow Brook


Me near the 7 Hills Scramble


7 Hills Scramble - almost straight up.


Shimmy starting the 7 Hills scramble.


Me Ascending Diamond Mountain


Final Sramble before Diamond Mnt Summit


Atop Diamond Mountain Summit.
Facing West.


Sheer cliff on side of summit


Me at the summit.


Me at the summit.


Shimmy at the summit.


Rock face at the summit.


Shimmy descending the HTS scramble.