Harriman Hiker: Harriman State Park and Beyond: Times Square

Sunday, October 26, 2025

RBBN Hike to Hogencamp Mountain

Harriman State Park
Orange Co, NY

Hiking Trails:
Hogencamp Mine wood road: Unblazed
Dunning Trail: Yellow blaze
Long Path: Green blaze
Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail: Red blaze

Total Time: 3:30 hour
Estimated Distance: 5.2 Miles

Pros: Quiet area, historic mine, great views
Cons: None
Hike Type: Out and back
Level of Difficulty: Slightly difficult

Google Maps of Parking:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/4St3wbcUwjXuFnGDA

Hiking Partners:
RBBN Members

I took the Rockland Business to Business Network (RBBN) on a hike on this beautiful fall day, at the peak of foliage. Hogencamp Mountain is one my favorites in Harriman State Park, with its unique exposed rock faces and great view. We parked at Lake Kanawauke Picnic area and walked along Kanawauke Road towards Little Long Pond.

We took a short detour to the peninsula jutting into Little Long Pond that affords amazing lake and mountain views, and then headed back to the road where we took the old woods road that goes to the Hogencamp Mine complex. We met the Dunning Trail and walked past the mine pits and dumps, and walked up the hill where we met the Long Path. We continued our ascent on the Long Path eventually reaching Times Square, a busy intersection of trails, and we took the Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail up the last leg of the mountain to the top of Hogencamp Mountain, which affords a great view of the surrounding area.

Map of the Route

Lake Kanawauke

Path on the Little Long Pond Peninsula

Little Long Pond

New Sign About Recent Hunting In Harriman State Park

Hogencamp Mine Wood Road

RBBN Hiking Group

Hogencamp Mine Pit

Rock Formations on the Long Path

Rock Cave

Times Square

Ascending the Final Stretch of Hogencamp Mountain

Hogencamp Mountain Summit

Sunday, October 25, 2020

Hogencamp Mountain and Surebridge Mountain Fall Hike

Harriman State Park,
Orange Co.,
New York

Hiking Trails:
Long Path: Green blaze
Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail: Red blaze
Dunning Trail: Yellow blaze

Total Time: 2:25 hour
Estimated Distance: 4.9 Miles

Pros: Lake views, amazing scenery, and great views
Cons: None
Hike Type: Loop hike

Google Maps of Parking:
https://goo.gl/maps/k1FaNuEcyUPddkjp7

This area is highly scenic, and especially more so during the fall. This hike was the peak of foliage, with beautiful colors throughout this scenic area. The weather was unseasonably cold, but with me moving fast along the way I remained warm.

I parked at the Lake Kanawauke parking area, and walked west on Kanawauke Road towards Little Long Pond. After crossing the bridge between the two lakes, I cut across to the unmarked path that flanks the northern side of Lake Kanawauke. At the sharp curve of the trail, I bushwacked up the hill a short distance from the Long Path, and then took the Long Path north, past the Dunning Trail and past the Hogencamp Mine. I continued along the Long Path to the Times Square, a major trail intersection along a large rock.

I took the Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail at this point up the mountain to the sweeping view atop Hogencamp Mountain, and then walked along the rocky, exposed area to the Dunning Trail. I then took the Dunning Trail east past the Bowling Rocks, and then cut down south to the view overlooking Lake Kanawauke. I then bushwacked down steep embankment to the old Hogencamp Road and then down to Kanawauke Road. I then walked down Kanawauke Road back to the parking area.