East Mountain Loop

East Mountain Loop: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit East Mountain Loop

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach East Mountain Loop — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 41.45934, -73.89113. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near East Mountain Loop

• Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park · sanctuary · Putnam · ~4 km · Must-see
• Canopus Lake · lake · Putnam · ~6 km · Must-see
• Mt. Beacon Fire Observation Tower · sanctuary · Dutchess · ~6 km · Must-see
• Beacon Reservoir · lake · Dutchess · ~6 km · Must-see
• Pelton Pond · lake · Putnam · ~6 km · Must-see
• Bald Hill · viewpoint · Dutchess · ~6 km · Must-see
• Breakneck Ridge · viewpoint · Putnam · ~7 km · Must-see
• Bull Hill · viewpoint · Putnam · ~7 km · Must-see
• Sugarloaf Mountain · viewpoint · Dutchess · ~9 km · Must-see
• Van Wyck Homestead Museum · museum · Dutchess · ~9 km · Must-see
• Hudson Highlands State Park · sanctuary · Putnam · ~9 km · Must-see
• Madam Brett Homestead · park · Dutchess · ~10 km · Must-see
• Constitution Island · river spot · Putnam · ~10 km · Must-see
• Lake Oscawana · lake · Putnam · ~10 km · Must-see
• Bannerman Castle · fort · Dutchess · ~10 km · Must-see
• Zhuang Yan Monastery · Buddhist site · Putnam · ~11 km · Must-see
• Kosciuszko Monument · fort · Orange · ~11 km · Must-see
• Tinker Hill · viewpoint · Putnam · ~11 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of East Mountain Loop

Other treks near East Mountain Loop

• Raymond G. Esposito Trail · trek · Rockland · ~53 km · Must-see
• Old Erie Path Rail-Trail · trek · Rockland · ~57 km · Must-see
• Lillinoah Trail · trek · Western Connecticut Planning Region · ~60 km · Must-see
• Brookside Trail · trek · Bergen · ~64 km · Must-see
• Hudson Valley Greenway Trail (Kingston) · trek · Ulster · ~66 km · Must-see
• Appalachian Trail · trek · Northwest Hills Planning Region · ~71 km · Must-see
• Pomperaug Trail · trek · Naugatuck Valley Planning Region · ~73 km · Must-see
• Paugussett Trail · trek · Naugatuck Valley Planning Region · ~79 km · Must-see
• Mattatuck Trail · trek · Northwest Hills Planning Region · ~85 km · Must-see
• Jericho Trail · trek · Naugatuck Valley Planning Region · ~88 km · Must-see

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