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Me and four friends wanna go camping on the Martin Luther King weekend. It can't be an adult only camp because we're all 14 or 15...
And if you know any bus lines that can take you to there that'd be helpful too.
Thanks guys :)
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Hogencamp Mountain in Harriman/Bear Mountain State Park. There are greyhound bus lines once a day to the Bear Mountain Inn from (I believe, but it may be Penn Station) Grand Central in NYC and From Albany, NY. From there I would suggest getting a local cab company to take you to the parking lot at Lake Kanawaukee. There is a lean-to shelter and fire pit on the mountain top above Kanawaukee Circle, but when I was your age and camping there with buddies in the spring, the Park Rangers were always harassing us about the campfire. We hiked west on Hwy 106 for a mile and a half (past Little Long Pond). Right at the small parking area for hikers on the right, there's a blazed trail that leads straight to the top of Hogencamp Mountain, where there is plentiful deadfalls for firewood, a beautiful lean-to shelter, a good firepit and incredible views from the NYC skyline all the way to the Catskills. We were there for a week and never saw another soul (but we did see and smell a bear). Make sure if you go there to tell your parents exactly where you plan to be, and bring a cell phone. You'll have reception at the top of the mountains. Also, and this is most important, buy a trail map at the Bear Mountain Inn gift shop.
below is a link to the terrain map of the mountain.
Hogencamp Mountain in Harriman/Bear Mountain State Park. There are greyhound bus lines once a day to the Bear Mountain Inn from (I believe, but it may be Penn Station) Grand Central in NYC and From Albany, NY. From there I would suggest getting a local cab company to take you to the parking lot at Lake Kanawaukee. There is a lean-to shelter and fire pit on the mountain top above Kanawaukee Circle, but when I was your age and camping there with buddies in the spring, the Park Rangers were always harassing us about the campfire. We hiked west on Hwy 106 for a mile and a half (past Little Long Pond). Right at the small parking area for hikers on the right, there's a blazed trail that leads straight to the top of Hogencamp Mountain, where there is plentiful deadfalls for firewood, a beautiful lean-to shelter, a good firepit and incredible views from the NYC skyline all the way to the Catskills. We were there for a week and never saw another soul (but we did see and smell a bear). Make sure if you go there to tell your parents exactly where you plan to be, and bring a cell phone. You'll have reception at the top of the mountains. Also, and this is most important, buy a trail map at the Bear Mountain Inn gift shop.
below is a link to the terrain map of the mountain.
How high can primitive camp sites get in Hawaii?
Q. I don't refer to cost. I'm interested in altitude.
A recent emergency camp involved a snow
cave on the big island.
No snow cave in Hawaii?! I'm soooo crushed.
I was considering packing up a 7/11 Slurpee.
A recent emergency camp involved a snow
cave on the big island.
No snow cave in Hawaii?! I'm soooo crushed.
I was considering packing up a 7/11 Slurpee.
Answer
Not higher than 4,207 meters on Mauna Kea. Of course, camping there would be a violation of state regulations.
Camping
Four Hawaiâi Parks allow camping.
Kalopa State Recreation Area offers tent camping in addition to cabin lodging.
Manuka State Wayside offers open shelter camping.
Kiholo State Park Reserve provides weekends-only camping along the stark, lava-covered Kona coastline.
Interestingly, a federal wildlife reserve exists to protect threatened and endangered species.
In 1997, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service purchased approximately 5,300 acres of land to create the Kona Forest Unit of Hakalau Forest NWR. The Kona Forest Unit includes lands within the Hoâokena and Kalahiki land divisions on the western slopes of Mauna Loa, at elevations between 2,000 and 6,000 feet. Kona Forest Unit is located approximately 23 miles south of Kailua-Kona.
At the lower elevations - 2,000 to 3,600 feet - the forest is predominately âÅhiâa trees with an understory of nonnative trees and shrubs, such as christmasberry, clidemia, an strawberry guava. Above 3,600 feet, the invasive trees and shrubs drop out and the forest is dominated by âÅhiâa and koa trees with an understory of ferns and native flora. A remnant of dry âÅhiâa forest is found at the highest elevations and includes sandalwood and mÄmane.
The primary purpose for establishing the Kona Forest Unit is to protect, conserve, and manage this native forest for threatened or endangered species. Of particular concern was the âalalÄ (Corvus hawaiiensis), whose wild population, known only from the west side of the Big Island, gradually declined to only a single pair in 2002. After 1993, the wild population of âalalÄ was observed intensively, as the number of birds gradually declined to a single pair in 2002, and were not seen after June of that year. As of 2008, approximately 50 âalalÄ are in captivity at the Keauhou and Maui Bird Conservation Centers on Hawaiâi and Maui islands, respectively. Once the Kona Forest Unit is fenced, feral ungulates removed, and vegetation and habitat restored, progeny from these captive birds may be released into the Kona Forest Unit.
The rescue of the stranded hiker, however, was within a national park under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Interior on Mauna Loa, 13,677 feet.
New York resident Alex Sverdlov, 36, began the grueling 18-mile trek from the top of Mauna Loa Road at 6,662 feet towards the summit of Mauna Loa. He reached the 13,677-foot summit on Tuesday, after dropping off his heavy gear at a lower elevation.
The snowstorm struck on his late-afternoon descent, creating a blinding white-out. Night fell, and after a few futile attempts to locate his pack, Sverdlov decided to hunker down in the snow until daylight. His only protection was the clothes he had on, and a bottle of frozen water.
Not higher than 4,207 meters on Mauna Kea. Of course, camping there would be a violation of state regulations.
Camping
Four Hawaiâi Parks allow camping.
Kalopa State Recreation Area offers tent camping in addition to cabin lodging.
Manuka State Wayside offers open shelter camping.
Kiholo State Park Reserve provides weekends-only camping along the stark, lava-covered Kona coastline.
Interestingly, a federal wildlife reserve exists to protect threatened and endangered species.
In 1997, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service purchased approximately 5,300 acres of land to create the Kona Forest Unit of Hakalau Forest NWR. The Kona Forest Unit includes lands within the Hoâokena and Kalahiki land divisions on the western slopes of Mauna Loa, at elevations between 2,000 and 6,000 feet. Kona Forest Unit is located approximately 23 miles south of Kailua-Kona.
At the lower elevations - 2,000 to 3,600 feet - the forest is predominately âÅhiâa trees with an understory of nonnative trees and shrubs, such as christmasberry, clidemia, an strawberry guava. Above 3,600 feet, the invasive trees and shrubs drop out and the forest is dominated by âÅhiâa and koa trees with an understory of ferns and native flora. A remnant of dry âÅhiâa forest is found at the highest elevations and includes sandalwood and mÄmane.
The primary purpose for establishing the Kona Forest Unit is to protect, conserve, and manage this native forest for threatened or endangered species. Of particular concern was the âalalÄ (Corvus hawaiiensis), whose wild population, known only from the west side of the Big Island, gradually declined to only a single pair in 2002. After 1993, the wild population of âalalÄ was observed intensively, as the number of birds gradually declined to a single pair in 2002, and were not seen after June of that year. As of 2008, approximately 50 âalalÄ are in captivity at the Keauhou and Maui Bird Conservation Centers on Hawaiâi and Maui islands, respectively. Once the Kona Forest Unit is fenced, feral ungulates removed, and vegetation and habitat restored, progeny from these captive birds may be released into the Kona Forest Unit.
The rescue of the stranded hiker, however, was within a national park under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Interior on Mauna Loa, 13,677 feet.
New York resident Alex Sverdlov, 36, began the grueling 18-mile trek from the top of Mauna Loa Road at 6,662 feet towards the summit of Mauna Loa. He reached the 13,677-foot summit on Tuesday, after dropping off his heavy gear at a lower elevation.
The snowstorm struck on his late-afternoon descent, creating a blinding white-out. Night fell, and after a few futile attempts to locate his pack, Sverdlov decided to hunker down in the snow until daylight. His only protection was the clothes he had on, and a bottle of frozen water.
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