Diamond Mountain Trail is a 4.9 mile moderately trafficked loop trail located near Bear Mountain, New York that features a lake and is rated as moderate. The trail is primarily used for hiking, trail running, nature trips, and birding and is best used from April until November. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
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At .8 mile crossed over to the left side of the creek. As the right side is a two lane rocky path the left side is unattended. Marks at the beginning and that is it for about .5 miles. It a rock scrabble. It was hard. AllTrails was a great help. This was s beautiful hike. Mostly shade.
A really nice trail with a lot of variety: a woodsy walk along the creek that opens up to a lovely lake (lots of people swimming, though they're not supposed to), then a slightly more strenuous hike up Diamond Mountain, where you quickly get enough elevation to have really nice views. Warning, though: the Blue Trail down is steep, sometimes challenging (I had a 9-year-old with me), requires good footwear, and it's not always clearly marked.
Really nice views from the top. The lake is beautiful. Worth going. Been there twice :) although it gets a little crowded by the lake ( there's faster and eSier way to get to the lake ). One of the best hikes in Harriman
This hike was very good. The trail to the lake was moderate but I would call the second half of the trail hard because of the rock scrambling and steeper elevation changes. If you have someone that doesn't hike a lot, just go to the lake and follow the same trail back.
Perfect for a challenging, short and moderately difficult hike; some scrambling, blooming mountain laurels and vistas.
we really enjoyed this hike - the vista views off of the blue trail were lovely and the lake was nice, too. i'd say it's an easy to moderate hike - mostly easy but with a few rock scrambles, depending on the route you take. even without the views, though, the area is beautiful. overall, i would recommend it. a few things worth noting: the trail markers are pretty terrible. in some places, they're barely visible, and they were frequently difficult to follow. i don't know what we would have done without our map (we bought one at the visitor's center). second - beware of rattlesnakes! we nearly stepped on one where the trail opens up to the lake. thank goodness it rattled at us just in time. be mindful & pay attention!
This hike was beautiful and fun. The red in white trail up to the lake was pretty easy, wide, well-maintained. Red/white to yellow to blue white on the way back was more challenging, more fun and more rewarding. We cut across the brook early (using orange to connect back to red/white) because we noticed a sign warning that the other bridges were out and blue/white would not connect us to the parking lot, so beware of that...
This is one of my favorite trail in Harriman state park little mix of everything great views going up to the top with a nice lake view
Nice trail. We ended up doing more than what is posted here. Nice air. Nice views. Nice streams and brooks. The beginning was a bit crowded but once you get up towards the top we only saw people every 15 min or so.
Loved this trail. Very rocky good footwear a MUST and when we went very wet.
Instant beauty the second you step foot on the trail.
With diverse landscapes and different levels of difficulty, this trail is not too hard nor too boring. It has gorgeous views of creeks, waterfalls, woods, lake, etc. My boyfriend and I took our dog for a hike on this trail and we had so much fun!
Great trail with a nice lake at the half way point.
Shady hike along cascading brook and panoramic views from Diamond and Halfway Mt. We parked off Johnston road and then picked up the loop from the Kakiat (white) trail to avoid the crowds. Made for 7 miles. Great hike!
Nice hike only complaint was how trafficked it was probably seen over 50 people
great trail. a little challenging at times for the kids, but really beautiful.
Great
This loop is apx 7 miles. Great hike. Beautiful views
Left Tuxedo Station and took Ramapo Dunderberg trail to Tuxedo Mt Ivy trail which I took East. Turned South onto Seven Lakes trail which crosses the top of Diamond Mtn. Headed down unnamed Yellow trail to Pine Meadow trail and camped at Pine Meadow Lake. Went back up to top of Diamond Mtn the next day and continued South on Seven Lakes trail until ir split with HTS trail which I took SW to top of Halfway Mountain. Great ridge top hiking and views from top of Diamond Mtn. Can see Manhattan from HTS on top of Diamond before it drops into woods.
Great hike today - the views of Stony Brook covered in snow along the trail and Pine Meadow Lake from the top was very nice. The hike was 7.5 miles is total and took a little less than 5hrs. Of course my missing Seven Hills - Hillburn-Torne-Sebago turn off added 1.1 miles and 45 minutes. The trail had a well packed snow base and easy going, but if you stepped off the packed trail, you might fall up to your knees in the snow.