I hiked about 6 miles west to Harvey Mountain from Beebe Hill, a hill top with nice southerly views. The trail was well marked, but the section between Osmer Road (CR 5) and NY Route 22 had some serious blow down and was less traveled. Also the section of blue trail from Route 22 to where it met the red trail had extensive blow down from last year’s ice storm, which made for slow hiking.

Arriving at Harvey Mountain, the southernly views where good, and there where minimal north-western views. I was underwhelmed by Harvey Mountain, although it’s not untypical for what you see in the Taconics. The hot glaring sun made it difficult to get good pictures, and I was hot.

I hiked out to the Massachusetts state line marker, which you get to about a 1/8 of a mile from the top of Harvey Mountain on an unmarked trail.

I lost my cellphone on the way out there, and did not find it on the way back. Another hiker did find it and mailed it back. I didn’t get back to my truck until 5:45 PM, in a large part because the 6 miles of trail each way where a lot of climbing over downed brush, which slowed me down.