Location: Beacon Distance: 1.5 miles, option for more Skill Level: easy Elevation Gain: 50' Type of Hike: out-and-back, lollipop Trail Condition: gravel, dirt Wow Factor: wide waterfall and long boardwalk Website How to get there: From I84, take exit 11. Follow 9D South/Wolcott Ave. Make a right on South Ave. Turn left to stay on South … Continue reading Madam Brett Park
Location: Ardsley Distance: 1 mile. option for more Skill Level: easy Elevation Gain: minimal Type of Hike: out-and-back Trail Condition: dirt, rocky, grass Wow Factor: 15' waterfall How to get there: From I684, take exit 6. Follow Route 35 West. Pass Lasdon Park and Arboretum. Make the next left on Wood St. You will park … Continue reading Muscoot River
Location: Haines Falls (part of the Catskills) Distance: 1.5 miles Skill Level: easy to moderate Elevation Gain: 500' Type of Hike: out-and-back Trail Condition: paved, rocky Wow Factor: 2 waterfalls Note: you have to walk along a narrow, fast road to get to the trail head How to get there: Take I84 West to I87 … Continue reading Kaaterskill Falls
Location: Pound Ridge Distance: 1.5 miles Skill Level: easy Elevation Gain: 150' Type of Hike: partial loops Trail Condition: trail, rocky, bridges Wow Factor: 6' waterfall, stream crossings Note: street parking How to get there: From 684, take exit 5. Follow 35 east. Right onto 121. Left on 137. At the triangle, make a left … Continue reading Halle Ravine
Location: Dover Distance: 1.25 miles, option for more Skill Level: easy Elevation Gain: 200' Type of Hike: out-and-back Trail Condition: paved, gravel, trail, steps, rocky Wow Factor: 30' waterfall inside a cave Note: no dedicated parking but places that allow it Website How to get there: There is no dedicated parking area but several places … Continue reading Dover Stone Church
Location: Croton-on-Hudson Distance: 1.25, option for more Skill Level: easy, good for little walkers, stroller accessible Elevation Gain: 100' Type of Hike: out-and-back Trail Condition: gravel road Wow Factor: views of the dam Note: paid parking seasonally How to get there: From the Taconic State Parkway, take Underhill Ave west. Right on 129. Pass over … Continue reading Croton Dam
The waterfall is in MA but this trail starts in NY Location: Copake Falls Distance: 1.5 miles, option to add Iron Works Skill Level: easy, good for little walkers Elevation Gain: 300' Type of Hike: out-and-back Trail Condition: road, rocky Wow Factor: 60' waterfall Note: paid parking seasonally How to get there: From 22, head east … Continue reading Bash Bish Falls
