[at-l] Re: Section hikes: NJ --> Maine

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In a message dated 1/11/02 8:04:11 AM Eastern Standard Time, TRich@FDIC.gov 
writes:


> We did the reverse on our Bear Mtn. to Kent, CT section, and on the
> end of that hike we caught a ride to the closest train station from Kent,
> about 10 or 20 minutes away.  Our shuttle provider was recommended by the
> outfitter in Kent, and worked fine.  Forget the name of the stop, but it's
> on the Harlem line, just inside the NY/CT border and is at the mental
> hospital.

       The name of the station is Harlem Valley-Wingdale.  It used to be 
called "State Hospital," after the mental institution located across the road 
(which, by the way, is now closed, I think).  

       The closest Metro-North Hudson Line stop to Bear Mountain is Manitou, 
but trains stop there primarily on weekends.  (There is actually one inbound 
train that stops there at about 8:00 a.m. every morning, apparently for the 
convenience of the handful of people who live on Manitou Station Road.  The 
station is located in an isolated area and hardly any parking is available.)  
But for those who want to begin a hike near Bear Mountain, there is another 
alternative.  Metro-North provides hourly service to the Garrison station, 
about three miles north of Manitou.  To reach that station, you take the AT 
to the junction with the blue-blazed Osborne Loop Trail, which is a short 
distance east of the AT crossing of Route 9, then take that trail to the 
Sugarloaf Trail, which leads down to Route 9D.  From there, it's just over a 
mile along the road to the Garrison station.

             Daniel Chazin
             Teaneck, NJ


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