Sundown Wild Forest
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Ashokan High Point - 9.19 mile trip - 5.0 hours. Easy. Nice easy walk. A few more difficult sections near the summit. Nice Blueberry bushes on the summit. Nice fields for camping.
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Denman Loop Trail - 6.68 mile trip - 4.5 hours. Easy hike. Can be used by hikers, mountain bikers, snowmobilers, skiers, and horse back riders.
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Vernooy Kill Falls - from Trails End Road - 2.14 mile round-trip - 1.5 hours. Easy. Nice easy walk. 100' of vertical. If you drive up Trails End Road, you need an AWD or 4WD to get to the (20 car) parking area. A car can reach the parking area from Spencer Road.
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Vernooy Kill Falls - from Dymond Road (Rt 46) - 3.72 mile trip - 2.75 hours. Easy. 300' of vertical. Trail cuts across bottom of Balsam Swamp (only a little bit of mud). More likely to see a rattlesnake on the trail. Any car can reach the (10 car) Parking Area.
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Vernooy Kill Loop - 7.31 mile trip - 5.25 hours. Easy. Nice easy walk. 4.26 miles is on an old dirt road that goes through beautiful conifer forest. Wide variety of trails. Includes Vernooy Kill Waterfalls. If you park off Trails End Road, you need an AWD or 4WD to get to the parking area, unless you come from Spencer Road. You can also start from the Dymond (10-car) Parking Area.
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Upper Balsam Swamp - 0.88 mile trip - 1.00 hours. Easy. Nice easy walk. Two camp sites. Cannot drive down the side road to the campsites and swamp. A car can drive here if you enter from Spencer Road. If you enter from Trails End Road, you need a AWD or 4WD.
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