Moreau Lake State Park - Two New Trails

The trail network at Moreau Lake State Park is getting two well-considered new additions. As of December 2017 one of the new trails has been completed and the other has been marked but not yet finished.

Rock formations along the new trail that connects the Lake Anne trail with the East Ridge trail.

The completed trail joins the Lake Anne Trail halfway between the S9 intersection and Lake Anne itself. From there, the new route runs for about one mile to intersect the East Ridge trail (blue). Like most of the trails at MLSP this one is interesting and well built. The new trail is represented by the heavy burgundy line in the map below.

The other new route has been marked with streamers but the path has not yet been improved. This route is represented by the black line on the map above.

In 2016, trails built in the newly added Lake Bonita section of the park connected with existing trails to create a very attractive loop hike covering six miles. In terms of hiking routes at MLSP, this route was an instant hit. Starting at the Lake Bonita Parking area the route follows the shoreline of Lake Bonita, visits Lake Anne, passes close to the popular Hudson River overlook above Spier Falls Road and then returns to Lake Bonita following another new section of trail. The only catch is that route requires descending nearly all the way to Spier Falls Road and then regaining that elevation to return to Lake Bonita. That's not necessarily a bad thing but, if you knew the terrain, it might have occurred to you that it would be possible stay on the ridge and complete the circuit without the extra climb. That's what this second new trail, when completed, will do. It will join the existing trail between intersections S13 and S9 and allow the loop described above to without the descent and extra climb.

GPS tracks (KML Format) representing the two new trails can be accessed here:
Lake Anne Trail to the East Ridge Trail
Spier Falls Road Bypass