{"id":1952,"date":"2016-06-20T05:56:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T05:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1952"},"modified":"2025-09-29T19:15:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:15:53","slug":"fathers-day-weekend-solo-trek-up-beacon-n-s-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1952","title":{"rendered":"Father’s Day weekend solo trek up Beacon N. & S. mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Saturday, kind of on the spur of the moment – and a beautiful day to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the things I wanted to do was test my MapMyHike<\/a> phone app. I have the free version (naturally) and it’s really great. The GPS is amazing – it is accurate to just a couple of feet. I know because I’ve tested it on in and out hikes\/walks where I’ve gone in the two directions on opposite sides of a six foot trail and it differentiates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, from the Beacon Mountain parking lot to the top of North Beacon – a considerable gain in height – like close to 800′ – took me just a few seconds short of 45 minutes and was exactly 1.00 miles. The app measures distances to the hundredth of a mile. The round trip up to the South Beacon fire tower and back to the parking lot is just shy of 4 miles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A couple of pictures all taken with my galaxy phone – beautifully clear day – I bet you can see 60 miles looking west over the Hudson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From North Beacon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heading from North Beacon to South Beacon and the fire tower, here’s the cairn field that is slowly taking shape as people add to it –<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The South Beacon fire tower comes into view. South Beacon Mountain at 1,610′ is the highest point in the Hudson Highlands.  This time I did not go up it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here’s the view from the top of South Beacon looking west. Don’t know who those people are; wanted to give the picture some scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And the view from there, looking northwest –<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the way back down, on the trail between the two mountains were two black rat snakes, gaining the attention of hikers as they seem to be trying to start a family. I watched for a minute or two and no kidding, every few seconds you could hear a kind of purring sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Almost all the way back down and here’s another shot of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Will be back up at least one more time this season; probably to go all the way to Sugarloaf Mountain to the south.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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