One of the most common questions to this website has to do with renting a kayak or canoe in the park. And it stands to reason: there are 32 lakes and ponds within Harriman and Bear Mountain State Parks, but if you’re coming from New York City** by public transport,...
This Year, I’m Getting the Permit. Harriman State Park is large enough to embody the notion of two types of park: an idyll, a place where one goes to escape the city and especially other people, and a place that draws from one of the largest urban areas in the...
Are you on Instagram? Don’t forget to place a #Harriman hashtag on your photos, and they’ll show up in our Instagram feed, in the right column of the home page. (Thanks to Bob Sether for permission to use this beautiful kayak picture on Lake Sebago, in...
