It took two attempts to make it to the top of Mt. Beacon. My first attempt to make ... I’ve always had a hard time calling the hills around New York ‘mountains.’ More like little bumps.

Warm weather will soon arrive in New York City ... looking for a longer hike can start on the Camp Smith Trail. The highest point in the Hudson Highlands is located in Beacon, one of the more ...

New York State is home to some of the best hiking in the country ... 94 S Mountain Pass, Garrison Not far from Breakneck ...

Background: Whenever I get a little too full of myself and begin to feel I can hike just about anything, I go to Mount Beacon. That straightens me out really quick. This hike is a longtime ...

While hiking enthusiasts throughout the Hudson Valley likely traversed Mount Beacon in the City of ... a popular destination for residents of New York City, who eagerly traveled north by steamboat ...

With indoor recreation shuttered last year and the region home to a wave of new dwellers from New York City riding out ... wear and tear on trails from Mount Beacon to Kaaterskill Falls.

As WCBS 880's Peter Haskell reported, if you make the hike up Mount Beacon, you'll still find remnants of a plane that crashed nearly 70 years ago. "There were shredded pieces of metal.