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    Taconic State Park - Rudd Pond Area

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    I was there last weekend with my family and friends for the first time. The place is beautiful, showers are clean, staff is super friendly and we all had a great time! There was just one MAJOR problem, as other reviewers wrote: the camping site is infested with red bugs (chiggers). I really wish I knew this before. We all left the site with at least 200 bites each. They are super itchy and are driving us insane! It's been 5 days now and they are still super itchy. If you still choose to go there remember to bring a repellent with 20% DEET. The red bug bites first look like mosquito bites, than they change and start to look like bed bug bites. And we made the big mistake of arriving home and sitting on the cough. So we ended up spending the entire day cleaning everything: our clothes, our camping gear, our sofa and our car (we actually spend over $100 for a deep detailed cleaning, just to be safe). Still, I keep finding new bites on my body. Not cool. The bugs are a huge problem and I hope the administration does something about it.

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    Bash Bish Falls - Waterfall blocked by unnecessary protection.

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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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