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    Mohawk State Forest

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    Nick C.

    Come here and get lost!! Mohawk is one of those places that you come to forgot the world and it's easily done walking around here. This place is huge! Extremely huge!! I hit the trails in Colombus weekend and I did not see one other person than the parking lot. I walked around for over 6 hours and did not see one soul. The trails are massive and easily takes hours to walks through one and the scenery changes throughout. The bog part is a must section to see since it's mind blowing how it formed.

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    Lauren M.

    As a "city slicker" as my dad puts it (the guy born in New Jersey), I have a long history living across the road from this mountain. He does the walk every day by himself and back. Thus whenever I'm up there he forces me to do the walk while my mom avoids it like it were an afternoon of church. Through every muggy, disgusting summer of bugs and frigid, impossible winters I have dragged my butt up and down this park. As a young girl in little Doc Marten mary janes whining and plotting an equal intolerable demise on my father, to a now older disgruntled girl but lugging a digital camera like a tourist. Saw it, lived it, shoplifted the t-shirt. It's not difficult to navigate on or off the path, very straightforward with lots of little camp buildings, picnic stops and hidden treasures along the way. There used to be this beautiful overlook that kids carved their initials in on the top on Mohawk Mountain (not the ski resort), but was torn down. There is still off one of the paths is an open stone castle-y building. For those who want to be on the driving path, on the other side towards the overpass has an equally impressive overlook. I recommend walking for better wildlife views. For photographers, nature enthusiasts, people who want to get their groove on with some trees, it's what you dream about.

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    There used to be this beautiful overlook that kids carved their initials in on the top on Mohawk Mountain (not the ski resort), but was torn down.

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    It took me three attempts over three days to make it all the way to the waterfall, but it was so…read moreworth it! I took this journey at the start of February, and there was tons of snow on the ground. On the first day, I arrived at the Massachusetts parking lot around 3 PM I figured I had a good two hours before sundown. I turned back after walking a short way down the trail because it was so steep, I thought I was going to tumble into the river. When I got back, I watched a video of someone hiking on the Massachusetts side, and I realized that the trail is normally full of stairs This makes sense because it's very steep and that's why it's so short but because of the snow, the stairs are covered up I would definitely not recommend using the Massachusetts side in the winter On the second day, I got to the New York parking lot around 2 PM. I made it about halfway down the much more gradual and scenic trail before I turned back. I turned back because the sun disappeared behind the mountain, and it was dark and windy On the third day, I got to the New York side at 11 AM. This time I realized that the top of the trail is just always dark and windy because it's in a corridor between two mountain peaks. So I pressed on. It took me about one hour to get to the end of the trail. I walked pretty slowly and stopped to look at nature a lot. If you are not someone who is super confident staying on the path in the forest, these are fairly easy trails because it's just a straight line the whole way there and you are following the river the whole time. I'm so glad I didn't give up because the falls are one of the most beautiful magical things I've ever seen Instead of water flowing down through the ice, it was snow and slush bursting through the sections of the frozen waterfall the water exploding into 1 million tiny snowflakes from the top to the bottom I plan to come back here in the summer with my kids and I think they will really love it.

    Must see if you are in the area! Two parking lots -- one in NY and one in MA. We did the NY one…read morewhich leads up up a gradual, pretty easy hill about 20min until you reach the falls. Looks like the MA lot -- you go down a steep, shorter hill to reach the falls. Along the way you'll pass by a stream and an array of Fall leaves. When you reach the falls, there were many people who climbed the little railing and took the rocky steps down to the falls. It's worth it -- as it's beautiful and a great picture spot. Dog friendly too!

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