Perkins Memorial Tower via Appalachian Trail is a 3.8 mile heavily trafficked out and back trail located near Bear Mountain, New York that features beautiful wild flowers and is rated as moderate. The trail offers a number of activity options and is best used from April until September. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
There is a fee of $10 per vehicle. Fees are collected on weekdays between 6/22-9/2. For the rest of the year, fees are only collected on the weekend. Empire Passholders can get in for free.
February 24, 2021Excellent, slippery, packed snow and ice. Spikes highly recommend!!
February 24, 2021February 11, 2021February 6, 2021January 23, 2021
January 17, 2021Nice walk from the ice rink to Perkins Tower yesterday. Members of our party who did not want to hike were able to ice skate for a nominal fee. Some muddy spots but we did OK in our running sneakers. No ice on the trail.
January 9, 2021Great trail! Still a little icy in spots and a few large down trees on the trail. Pretty empty around 9 on a Saturday.
January 2, 2021December 30, 2020Some icy patching but a good challenging hike.
December 26, 2020Awesome workout, and quick and easy hike if not for the hordes of unmasked families with children.
December 13, 2020November 29, 2020November 27, 2020Love this! It’s such a pretty trail.
November 19, 2020November 16, 2020Awesome trailer with the stairs , the best workout. 100% recommended.
November 7, 2020Had a little bit of everything , it was great. An hour long to hike i would say and 30 mins to come down.
November 7, 2020November 7, 2020I thought it was great - for those who need less stairs at the intersection you will see straight say tower - right rock says inn . That road is very flat and smooth takes you all the way up to the tower
November 6, 2020Lots of stairs. Great hike, even better views. Totally worth it.
November 4, 2020Instead of taking the Appalachian trail up and back, a friend and I decided to do the Major Welch loop up to the memorial tower and take the A.trail back down. The loop had STEEP rock scrambling involved (there's a warning at the beginning of the trail, heed it) but once you get to the top, the views are gorgeous. Another warning: we tried to take the A.trail path marked on the Alltrails map, but this portion of the A.trail was NOT being maintained, the markers are gone/barely visible, etc. We only realized after trekking through unmarked woods that the A.trail south of us (marked on the map as "updated 2019") was the "new" way to go. Don't get lost like we did.
November 1, 2020Go counter-clockwise to avoid tough scramble down. Up is much easier. Good hike, tougher than I thought it would be.
November 1, 2020Lots of stairs ! Defin worth the climb
October 22, 2020October 15, 2020October 11, 2020September 26, 2020September 26, 2020Very nice place I recommend
September 23, 2020Rigorous but worth it
