NY Section 4 Pictures - Milemarker 6.2 - 7.1

Old Stormville Mountain Road - NY 52 Parking

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mm 6.2 A.T. Trail Head at Old Stormville Mountain Road. The green directional arrow painted on the street shows where the AT actually goes, and the direction to head while coming off the AT onto paved roads for about 0.3 miles.  There is sign on the trail reminding people to respect private property during this walk through a residential neighborhood.  Courtesy MalteseCross@Comcast.net
mm 6.2 A.T. Trail Head at Old Stormville Mountain Road. The green directional arrow painted on the street shows where the AT actually goes, and the direction to head while coming off the AT onto paved roads for about 0.3 miles. There is sign on the trail reminding people to respect private property during this walk through a residential neighborhood.
Submitted by MalteseCross @ Comcast.net

mm 6.2 The northbound trail reaches Old Stormville Mountan Road.  From here roads are used to cross over I-84. GPS 41.5443 N73.7179  Courtesy pjwetzel@gmail.com
mm 6.2 The northbound trail reaches Old Stormville Mountan Road. From here roads are used to cross over I-84. GPS 41.5443 N73.7179
Submitted by pjwetzel @ gmail.com

Old stone fence at top of rock. In the old days when this was pasture land, this hopefully kept stock from falling over the sheer rock face. Taken at approx. mm 6.3   Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
Old stone fence at top of rock. In the old days when this was pasture land, this hopefully kept stock from falling over the sheer rock face. Taken at approx. mm 6.3
Submitted by dlcul @ conncoll.edu

Gigantic old maple passed just before the southbound trail reaches an open area. Taken at approx. mm 6.4.  Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
Gigantic old maple passed just before the southbound trail reaches an open area. Taken at approx. mm 6.4.
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mm 6.4  The AT crosses the top of an overgrown field.  GPS 41.5436 N73.7276  Courtesy pjwetzel@gmail.com
mm 6.4 The AT crosses the top of an overgrown field. GPS 41.5436 N73.7276
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View to west at mm 6.2. The Catskills can be seen in the far distance.  Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
View to west at mm 6.2. The Catskills can be seen in the far distance.
Submitted by dlcul @ conncoll.edu

View to west at mm 6.2. This open area may have once been part of a ski area.  Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
View to west at mm 6.2. This open area may have once been part of a ski area.
Submitted by dlcul @ conncoll.edu

mm 7.1 - Parking lot on the northern side of route 52 just west of where the AT crosses route 52. The entrance to the parking lot can look like a residential driveway from the road, but it is an official AT parking lot.  Courtesy froto
mm 7.1 - Parking lot on the northern side of route 52 just west of where the AT crosses route 52. The entrance to the parking lot can look like a residential driveway from the road, but it is an official AT parking lot.
Submitted by froto

The AT parking area on NY 52 (Mile 7.1).  Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
The AT parking area on NY 52 (Mile 7.1)
Submitted by dlcul @ conncoll.edu