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

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Trailhead

Breakneck (via the Breakneck Connector and Bridge)

Mile 2.56

Planned

Today

Main entry point · Town of Fishkill, Dutchess County

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

Sunrise and sunset are computed for this point on the river, and work offline.

Parking
No parking
Restrooms
None
By train
Cold Spring 2.6 mi

Access

Never surveyed

Step-free arrival
Not yet established
Accessible restroom
Not yet established
Accessible parking
Not yet established
Surface on arrival
Not yet established
Lighting
Not yet established
Seating
Not yet established
Shade
Not yet established
Service animal relief
Not yet established
Phone signal
Unreliable

Signal along the corridor is patchy and drops out entirely in places. Save the map and the trail pages before you leave — they work with no signal.

Not yet surveyed. This entry point is not built.

Sections from here

2

2.5 – 3.1

Connector — Forest Trail South Reach (1)

Planned

0.66 mi · running slope 2.6% typ · 10.9% max · 18 min

2.7 – 5.0

Fjord Trail North — Forest Trail North Reach (1)

Planned

2.33 mi · running slope 2.2% typ · 18.1% max · 63 min
The Breakneck Ridge trailhead: a wide green information board carrying four route panels with times and distances, mounted on timber posts beside a flight of rough stone steps that climbs into the trees.
Photograph · Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail (photographer not credited on source) The Breakneck Ridge trailhead board. This site says what this sign says — that symmetry is the idea.

Position from OpenStreetMap · ±10 m