Timp Torne Trail, Harriman State Park

Date	Distance	Time	Elevation Gain	Average Moving Time	Year to Date Miles
10/19/2019	4.4 miles	2 hours 24 minutes minutes	750'	1.8 mph	455.3

Map: NYNJTC Harriman-Bear Mountain North Map 119
Parking: Anthony Wayne Recreation Area, southern lot
Directions: Hike south on bike path. Turn left on AT. Turn left on blue blazed Timp Torne Trail. Turn left on Fawn Trail. Hike to northern parking lot and take unmarked trails to southern parking lot.

We needed a short hike, so we headed over to Harriman. We did a route we used to do when we were maintaining this section of the Timp Torne Trail (we now maintain a different trail in Harriman). There was a lot of traffic getting to the trail. It was Octoberfest, now located near the northern parking lot of the Anthony Wayne Recreation area. It used to be held near the Bear Mountain Inn, a much more scenic location than the Anthony Wayne Recreation area, but they have even more parking here. We had to pay a $10 parking fee - the only time you have to pay a fee for this parking area is when they have events like this. Normally it's free. We drove to the quieter south lot to start our hike. The bike path that leads to the AT was bone dry. Earlier in the year its a muddy mess - I reported it to our trail supervisor saying it needed work. The invasive barberry plants were covered in pretty red berries. We turned onto the AT and started seeing lost hikers. It seems like some people attend Octoberfest, get drunk, and then decide to hike (sans map). We even saw people hiking with huge steins of beer! We directed multiple groups on how to get to the south parking lot. Krummholz was good, not barking at any hikers (which is something he is doing on occasion). I make sure to call out hello loudly to people before they approach so that he can take direction from me - that they aren't scary. We finished our short hike right at sunset.

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