Pine Meadow Loop

Harriman & Bear MountainLoopVerified September 7, 2026

Minute walk from Sloatsburg

Official timetable

Pine Meadow Lake, on this hike. Photo: Mwanner at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Distance

4.5 mi

NYS Parks

Elevation gain

591 ft

USGS 3DEP

Time

1¾ h–2¼ h

computed, Naismith's rule

Difficulty

moderate

index 73, computed

Blazes

Red square on white (Pine Meadow Trail)White (Kakiat Trail)Yellow (Stony Brook Trail)

NYS Parks

From the train

Sloatsburg

20 min walk · NYNJTC

The route

Topographic map of 1 hikes and 1 stations

Pine Meadow Trailred rectangle on white blazesStony Brookyellow stripe blazesKakiat Trailwhite blazesmile markerswalking direction, as the park describes the loop

Trail line from OpenStreetMap (7290989, 5621684, 5468403), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Tiles © OpenTopoMap, CC-BY-SA. Dashed line: the walk from Sloatsburg station to the trailhead, 1.9 mi by the shortest OpenStreetMap route (computed).

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Weather at the trailhead

Day	High	Low	Forecast	Rain	Wind
Fri, Oct 23	57°F 14°C	31°F -1°C	Sunny, night: widespread frost	0%	8 mph N
Sat, Oct 24	60°F 16°C	32°F 0°C	Widespread Frost then Mostly Sunny, night: mostly clear then areas of frost	0%	2 mph NW
Sun, Oct 25	64°F 18°C	35°F 2°C	Widespread Frost then Sunny, night: clear	0%	1 mph W
Mon, Oct 26	68°F 20°C	42°F 6°C	Patchy Frost then Sunny, night: clear	0%	2 mph NW
Tue, Oct 27	59°F 15°C	34°F 1°C	Sunny, night: mostly clear	1%	3 to 7 mph N
Wed, Oct 28	57°F 14°C	38°F 3°C	Mostly Sunny, night: partly cloudy	1%	2 mph E
Thu, Oct 29	63°F 17°C	42°F 6°C	Mostly Sunny, night: partly cloudy	3%	0 to 3 mph SW

Forecast for Pine Meadow Loop trailhead from the National Weather Service (OKX office), issued Oct 23, 10:36 AM, fetched Oct 23, 10:38 AM; refreshed hourly. Public domain.

Today at the trailhead: sunrise 7:17 AM, sunset 6:05 PM (computed, NOAA solar algorithm). Check the last train against sunset.

Route by trail

Mile	Trail	Blazes	Length
0.0	Pine Meadow Trail	Red rectangle on white	0.4 mi
0.4	Stony Brook	Yellow stripe	0.5 mi
0.9	Kakiat Trail	White	0.6 mi
1.5	Pine Meadow Trail	Red rectangle on white	1.9 mi
3.4	Kakiat Trail	White	0.6 mi
4.0	Stony Brook	Yellow stripe	0.5 mi
4.6	Pine Meadow Trail	Red rectangle on white	0.4 mi

Trail names and blazes from the OpenStreetMap route relations, lengths measured along the drawn line, in walking order.

Along the way

Mile	What	Name	Elevation
2.1	Ruins	unnamed	—
2.1	Ruins	unnamed	—
2.5	Ruins	unnamed	—
2.5	Parking	unnamed	—

Features within 394 ft of the line from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), fetched 2026-09-08. Mile is the distance along the line to the nearest point on it.

Getting there by train

Sloatsburg

Port Jervis Line (NJ Transit / Metro-North)

20 minute walk from the platform.

Official timetable

Source · verified 2026-09-07

Dashed line: 1.9 mi on foot from the platform by the shortest OpenStreetMap route, computed, not an official figure.

Elevation profile

Elevation sampled every 164 ft from USGS 3DEP Elevation Point Query Service (2026-09-08). Gain 591 ft, loss 581 ft. Hover the profile to see the spot on the map.

Every fact, with its source

Fact	Value	Source	Verified
Distance	4.5 mi	NYS Parks	2026-09-07
Elevation gain	591 ft	USGS 3DEP	2026-09-08
Route type	Loop	NYS Parks	2026-09-07
Time	1¾ h–2¼ h (computed, Naismith's rule)	formula	computed
Difficulty	moderate (index 73, computed)	formula	computed
Blazes	Red square on white (Pine Meadow Trail), White (Kakiat Trail), Yellow (Stony Brook Trail)	NYS Parks	2026-09-08
Managed by	NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation / Palisades Interstate Park Commission	NYS Parks	2026-09-07
Trailhead	Pine Meadow Loop trailhead 41.17399, -74.16836	NYS Parks	2026-09-07
Parking, fee, lot times	Not yet verified	—	—

Distance4.5 mi

Elevation gain591 ft

Route typeLoop

Time1¾ h–2¼ h (computed, Naismith's rule)

Difficultymoderate (index 73, computed)

BlazesRed square on white (Pine Meadow Trail), White (Kakiat Trail), Yellow (Stony Brook Trail)

Managed byNYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation / Palisades Interstate Park Commission

TrailheadPine Meadow Loop trailhead 41.17399, -74.16836

Parking, fee, lot timesNot yet verified

Permits & closures

No permit, reservation, or capacity rule is recorded for this hike. Check the official sources before you go.

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