Huckleberry Ridge State Forest

Beautiful views

Beautiful Park with nice trails!!!

I grew up in the area and just love this place. Now that it's open to the public and full of nicely maintained trails it's even better. OSI and the NY/NJ Trails Conference are buying up adjacent land and adding to it through land swaps. Parking can be an issue but the new parking area on Minisink Avenue (just past the yellow trailer) is very nice and can fit a dozen cars or so. There are other access points on Route 6 and near Lake Hawthorne as well. The best view in the lower area is off an unmarked trail that runs between the White and Yellow (formerly red) trails. You get a view of the golf course below and enough of Port Jervis so that it looks quaint without the run-down former industrial parts being obvious. Trails in the section of forest above I-84 are not as well maintained and parking is roadside and very limited but there are better views. There is no parking at the trailhead near Greenville (as of 2015) or at the intersection of Rt. 6 and Mountain Road nearby which makes that section difficult to access. Most of the trails are on the TC map 123 'Kittatinny North 2' which is available both printed on Tyvek and digitally on the Avenza PDF Maps app. The free SRT map also covers the area but in less detail.