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

Long Dock Park

Mile 7.69

Planned

Today

Main entry point · City of Beacon, 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
Planned
By train
Beacon 0.1 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

1

6.3 – 7.8

Fjord Trail North — Marsh Trail Reach

Planned

1.49 mi · running slope 2.2% typ · 18.6% max · 41 min

Coming up here

2

  • Riverside bird walk at Long Dock Park

    Long Dock Park — Meet by the main park entrance at Long Dock Park, about a five-minute level walk from Beacon Metro-North station. The route from the station is paved and step-free.

    A slow, level, ninety-minute walk on the Beacon waterfront during autumn migration. Step-free throughout, benches every few hundred feet, binoculars to borrow.

  • Autumn shoreline walk Cancelled

    Long Dock Park — Would have met at the Long Dock Park entrance.

    Cancelled. High winds are forecast along the exposed waterfront and there is no sheltered alternative route for this walk.

Position from OpenStreetMap · ±10 m