Fjord Trail Cold Spring → Beacon, NY

Closed Breakneck Ridge station is closed

What to do instead Get off at Cold Spring for the southern trail, Beacon for the northern.

What to do instead Full notice

No trains stop here. Closed April 2025, being rebuilt as part of the Fjord Trail.

active From Mon, Apr 21, 12:00 AM, until further notice Source: Metro-North

Sunrise over the Hudson from North Point in Storm King State Park. Warm low light rakes across a hillside of ferns and scrub toward a lone tree on the ridge; the river runs away between two wooded mountains below, and a cluster of pink mountain-laurel blossom catches the light in the foreground.

Cold Spring to Beacon, New York

The Hudson Highlands, at river level

A 7.5-mile walkable, bikeable, accessible park is being built between Cold Spring and Beacon. No section is open yet.

Sunrise at North Point, Storm King State Park, looking down the fjord. · Juliancolton, via Wikimedia Commons

The Fjord Trail is not built yet. First sections open 2027; the whole trail 2031.

The Fjord Trail will run 7.5 miles along the Hudson's eastern shore, from Cold Spring to Beacon — mostly at grades of 5% or less, shared between people on foot and on bikes, and free to use.

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Today

Open. Open now until 8:01 pm (sunset).

The trail in numbers

  • 6.8 Miles of mainline
  • 2.3 Miles of connectors
  • 11 Sections
  • 30 Places mapped

Traced from published planning figures · not survey data

Panorama from the bare rock of Breakneck Lookout. The Hudson bends around a steep wooded headland far below; a few walkers stand at the edge of the outcrop on the right, giving the drop its scale.

The Hudson Highlands

Seven and a half miles between two rail stations, at river level.

Luksus2000, via Wikimedia Commons

Mile 0 · Cold Spring mile 7.8 · Beacon

Along the line

Photographs: Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail (photographer not credited on source)

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