Taconic-Hereford Multiple Use Area

Park Acreage:

917 acres

Trail Miles:

27.1 miles

Trail Uses:

Hiking, Mountain biking, Bridle path, X-C skiing

Fees:

None

GPS:

41.740899, -73.772611

Not TC maintained

Directions

Tyrrel Road parking area, 4-car capacity. GPS Coordinates: 41.746713, -73.760244

Taconic State Parkway parking area, 4-car capacity. GPS Coordinates: 41.741030, -73.773220

Brockway Road parking area, adjacent to 2 designated campsites. GPS Coordinates: 41.74436, -73.760442

Park Overview

Multiple Use Area with trails mostly on logging roads and open to a wide variety of trail users.

Trail Overview

The trail network is mostly on logging roads and is open to most types of non-motorized users -- 22.7 miles of mixed use trails and 4.4 miles on roads. One orange-blazed woods road of 5.25 miles is open to snowmobiling. Use the Web Map link on this site to view a DEC trail map.

Park Description

This is the largest multiple-use area in Dutchess County, actively managed for timber, but with a dense network of trails. The easy trails and woods roads meander through dense chestnut oak and hickory forests, interspersed with younger growth full of dappled light. Frequent stone walls attest to the area's farming days.

Hunting is permitted in season.