I highly recommend you purchase the New York - New Jersey Trail Conference map here. There are a lot of trails in Harriman State Park and not only will this map not get you lost, you can also change my route and add/remove trails.
Jul 17, 2016 — Starting at the White Bar parking lot, head up Car Pond Mountain along the White Bar Trail (white blaze) until you meet up with the Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail (red blaze) on the right. Take this over Black Ash Mountain and down to Black Ash Swamp. Pick up the Blue Disc Trail (blue blaze) at the junction and take this to Claudius Smith Den. The views at the top of the Den are very pretty, but the actual Den is underneath. Head down to locate the cave where Claudius Smith hid out after doing some bad stuff. After checking out the Den, continued onto the White Cross Trail (white blaze) until it meets up with the Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail (red blaze) as it takes you up and over Tom Jones Mountain and back to the road. Rather than walk back on the road, continue Nurian Trail (white blaze), which takes you back to the trailhead.
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