Taconic-Hereford Multiple Use Area
Directions
Tyrrel Road parking area, 4-car capacity. GPS Coordinates: 41.746713, -73.760244
Taconic State Parkway parking area, 4-car capacity. GPS Coordinates: 41.741030, -73.773220
Brockway Road parking area, adjacent to 2 designated campsites. GPS Coordinates: 41.74436, -73.760442
Park Overview
Multiple Use Area with trails mostly on logging roads and open to a wide variety of trail users.
Trail Overview
The trail network is mostly on logging roads and is open to most types of non-motorized users -- 22.7 miles of mixed use trails and 4.4 miles on roads. One orange-blazed woods road of 5.25 miles is open to snowmobiling. Use the Web Map link on this site to view a DEC trail map.
Park Description
This is the largest multiple-use area in Dutchess County, actively managed for timber, but with a dense network of trails. The easy trails and woods roads meander through dense chestnut oak and hickory forests, interspersed with younger growth full of dappled light. Frequent stone walls attest to the area's farming days.
Hunting is permitted in season.