Sunday, Oct. 15th – 9:00AM
CANDLEWOOD HILL IN FAHNESTOCK STATE PARK
“Fall Foliage Hike With a Fabulous Hilltop View”
B+ “Moderate / Strenuous”
Hike Leader: Peter Meskin, Call or Text: 914-715-4068
Have an enjoyable day rambling on and off 5 miles of wooded trails in Putnam County’s Fahnestock State Park. This is one of the easiest hikes you can take in order to get the kind of fabulous Fall Foliage views you’ll see from the top of Candlewood Hill. We’ll visit a magical spot not on any trail map to have lunch, a veritable “Shangri La.”
Come and enjoy! Comfortable boots a must.
Hike Length: 5 miles
Hike Time: 4 hours, including lunch. Rain cancels.
Bring lunch and water
MEETING PLACE
9:00am Sunken Mine Rd, Putnam Valley, NY 10579
DIRECTIONS FROM JV CLUB FIT
GPS: “Sunken Mine Road”
Approach from the South…not North!
And/or follow these directions from JV Club Fit:
RIGHT on Lee Blvd.
- RIGHT on Rte. 6N
- Left UPHILL on Wood Street
- LEFT on Bryant Pond Road
- GO PAST the Taconic Parkway on Bryant Pond Road
- Bryant Pond Road makes a sharp right…stay on it
- LEFT on Peekskill Hollow Road, at the Soccer Academy
- RIGHT UPHILL on Tinker Hill Road
- RIGHT on Oscanawa Lake Road
- LEFT on North Shore Road
- RIGHT onto dirt road,SUNKEN MINE ROAD
- DRIVE all the way straight in and PARK
No need to register–just show up!
Additional Details
Contact - Peter Meskin
Contact Email - CaptPeterM@gmail.com
Contact Phone - 914-715-4068
Organizer
Peter enjoys sharing his love of the forest trails with Club Fit members. His friends have always known where to look for him: “Outdoors!” First as a Cub Scout and a Boy Scout and then as a trained hike leader for the Appalachian Mountain Club. Peter has hiked and camped throughout the United States, parts of Canada, Europe and the United Kingdom.
Capt. Peter is also a professional sailing instructor, having taught for the New York Sailing School on City Island, The Appalachian Mountain Club, and for the Croton Sailing School and Ferry Sloops right here on the Hudson River.
After attaining his Masters License as a US Coast Guard Sailing Captain, Peter ran a charterboat business, “Caribbean Dream Charters,” out of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands taking guests out for week long, live aboard cruises. Each cruise was a week in paradise.
Peter Meskin and Andrew Stein started the Club Fit Hiking Club over 20 years ago and are both very proud to still be leading the hikes.
