This five-mile moderate-to-strenuous loop hike climbs to the summit of Black Rock Mountain, with panoramic views over Schunemunk Mountain and the Hudson River. The hike

This 6.2-mile moderate loop hike traverses the northern section of Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park in Putnam County, New York. At the start, it skirts

This 3.5-mile moderate hike traverses the southern section of the Apshawa Preserve, a rugged 576-acre tract in West Milford owned by Passaic County and the

This 2.7-mile moderate hike explores a little-used area of Norvin Green State Forest in Passaic County and passes by two abandoned iron mines — the

This three-mile easy-to-moderate hike in Garret Mountain Reservation in eastern Passaic County is one of the most interesting hikes in the area. It includes spectacular

This seven-mile moderate-to-strenuous “lollipop”-loop hike in Harriman State Park traverses a remote and little-used section of the park. It passes through beautiful thickets of mountain

This one-way hike (with return by Metro-North train) follows the historic route of the Old Croton Aqueduct, built between 1837 and 1842 to supply water

This moderate three-mile loop hike in Long Pond Ironworks State Park in West Milford follows the Burnt Meadow Loop. It runs along the ridge of

This moderate 2.4-mile loop hike, in the boroughs of Rockleigh and Alpine in northeast Bergen County, climbs the western slope of the New Jersey Palisades.

This 3.5-mile figure-eight loop hike in the Ramapo Valley County Reservation climbs about 450 feet to traverse a little-used section of this popular park. It

This short, level hike loops around a lake in the nearby Borough of Franklin Lakes. Formerly known as the Haledon Reservoir, the lake once served

The New Jersey Section of the Palisades Interstate Park is a great place to hike. But most loop hikes along the Palisades involve hiking down