In general dogs are not allowed in buildings, bathing areas, campgrounds, picnic areas and cross-country trails in New York state parks."We arrived late, passed the entrance and Carlos was quick to answer his phone and get us on track. (from the book 300 Day Hikes To Take With Your Dog Before He Tires You Out: Trails where you won’t be able to wipe the wag off your dog’s tail ) Multiple options close the 7.5-mile loop Seaman will vote for the one that leads back to Lake Minnewaska for awell-earned doggie dip. Pine trees in all shapes and size decorate the clifftops. An occasional rock scramble adds interest to your dog’s hiking day, regardless. Take heed of the red blazes - when they lead inland they are taking Seaman away from potentially dangerous crevices in the Shawangunk conglomerate.
There are so many mind-blowing views around Gertrude’s Nose they actually become ho-hum after awhile. The carriage road joins Gertrude’s Nose Trail, a narrow footpath that will eventually spend much of its 2.7 miles poking along flat, open clifftops. The Millbrook Mountain Carriage Road then moves through mixed forests onto the open cliffs and Patterson’s Pellet, a glacial erratic perched improbably on the edge of a cliff. If this was as far as your dog went it would probably be a four-star hike. The early steps lead to a swimming beach at cliff-fringed Lake Minnewaska. These wide, carefully graded roadbeds are where you will be doing most of your hiking with Seaman.
When they made nice again the Smileys built a network of carriage roads between the hotels. The state park on the dramatic Shawangunk Mountain ridge is where feuding brothers Alfred and Albert Smiley opened competing vacation houses in the 1800s.
If your dog could talk you would hear about this hike for a looooong time. The Best Day Hike You Can Take With Your Dog In New York
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