Seven Hills, HTS, Raccoon Brook, Pine Meadow

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View from Seven Hills.

Plenty of viewpoints, hills, and scrambling plus Pine Meadow Lake in Harriman State Park, NY.

9.7 milesChallenging, scrambling.
LongerHuge network of trails = endless options.
Same lotPine Meadows Loop
Seven Hills, HTS, Pine Meadow;
Seven Hills, HTS, Reeves Brook.
NearbyAlmost Perpendicular, Elbow Brush;
Kakiat County Park to Pine Meadow Lake;
Black Rock and Hogencamp Mountain;
Sterling Forest.

Our two cents:

We chose these trails because we were looking for a longish hike with multiple hills and technical downhill scrambles as part of our prep for a hiking trip – so this route isn’t for everyone.

Seven Hills in the opposite direction puts the harder scrambling uphill, which would be more fun, but there would still be downhill scrambling on other trails.

Updated: 5/2024 – Page refreshed, not re-hiked.

Map:

Harriman-Bear Mountain Trails is needed to follow the route. Follow along on your smartphone with our Interactive Map link above.

Circuit Hikes in Harriman has a lot of other great loops in this area. A few others are in Hike of the Week and Take a Hike New York City. All trails are listed in Harriman Trails: A Guide and History.

Parking: N41.17412° W74.16862° [Reeves Meadow Visitor Center]

Garden State Parkway North to 17 N to Rt 287 N to Rt 87/17N. Take exit 15A and turn left onto Rt 17 N. R on Seven Lakes Dr.

The visitor center is on the right with a small lot, and another small lot just down the road on the left… but they will be full unless you arrive super early so you’ll likely need to park along the road.

Restrooms:

At the Reeves Meadow Visitor Center.

Outside of that… there is a large Valero on the right side of Rt. 17 N. in Mahwah just before getting onto 287 which is about 10-15 min from the trailhead. Or use the last rest area on the Parkway if taking that to the Rt 87 instead.

Route:

Pine Meadow (RED Square on White) briefly – Seven Hills (BLUE Square on White) – Hillburn Torne Sebago “HTS” (ORANGE) – Raccoon Brook Hills (BLACK Dot on White) – Poached Egg (YELLOW Dot on White) – Pine Meadow unmarked woods road – Pine Meadow (RED Square on White) briefly – Diamond Mountain Tower (YELLOW) – Seven Hills (BLUE Square on White) – Reeves Brook (WHITE)

Seven Hills (BLUE Square on White) trail…

Rocky trail.
Water tumbling over large rocks in a stream.

Scrambling up Hillburn Torne Sebago…

Hiker climbing up a steep rocky hill.

To the view from Ramapo Torne…

View from Ramapo Torne.

Where the NYC skyline might be visible…

NYC skyline from Harriman.

Raccoon Brook Hills (BLACK Dot on White) is rocky, with a short wooden ladder at one point.

Raccoon Brook Hills rocky trail.
Hiker going up a wooden trail ladder.
Wooden trail ladder up a steep slope.

One of many views along the way…

View of green hills from a trail.

We skirted Pine Meadow Lane on the woods road, only pausing briefly because people were blasting music across the lake. We only saw hikers occasionally all day and though the lake is pretty – we high-tailed it out of there.

Pine Meadow Lake.

Climbing up Diamond Mountain Tower (YELLOW) to reconnect to Seven Hills.

View from Diamond Mountain.
Large rocks along a trail.
Wide viewpoint looking over green trees.

Crossing Pine Meadow Brook.

Hiker crossing a bridge over Pine Meadow Brook.

One of many views along Seven Hills trail.

View from Seven Hills Trail.

Start of a long steep scramble down Seven Hills before picking up Reeves Brook (WHITE) for the hike out.

Hiker going down a steep hill.

Post-hike: Venti iced blonde lattes.

Hiked: 5/5/18.

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