Harvey Mountain & Pinnacle Point Loop(Harvey Mountain State Forest, Columbia County)

Headed into the nearby Taconics along the NY/ Mass state line to do a loop hike over Harvey Mountain and Pinnacle Point this afternoon.  The sun was out but the temps were much cooler(near 50 degrees) making for great hiking conditions.  Parked at the trailhead on East Hill Road(Elevation 1570 feet) and picked up the blue blazed trail for half a mile and then on to the red blazed trail.

 Made one pit stop off trail to check out some small falls on Baldwin Brook.

 

The falls sit in a deep ravine, which make them difficult to get down to, but they are very nice.

 

Back on the red blazed trail, which climbs steadily up to Harvey's summit.

Emerging into the blueberry barrens just below the summit, with great views SE into the southern Berkshires.

Zoom view SE towards Mount Everett.

From the blueberry barrens, soaking in the view SW into NY state.

NY/Mass border near the true 2065 foot summit of Harvey Mountain.

After hitting the top of Harvey, I descended the an old access road to the yellow blazed Pinnacle Point Trail, which climbs up and over the 1951 foot summit and eventually over to a seldom visited Lean To just off the summit.

Heading back to the car at the East Hill Road trailhead on a wide, well maintained trail.

Completed the loop for a total of 4.6 miles round trip and nearly 1000 feet of combined ascent.  I did see a couple of other hikers out on the trail today, but mostly had the woods to myself.