Fishkill Ridge to Lambs Hill

This hike starts on the Overlook Trail, which ascends to the Fishkill Ridge Trail, which takes you to Lambs Hill. Along the initial part of the hike, there are good views to the north and west once you gain some elevation. The view from Lambs Hill is quite spectacular. There is a parking area just off the end of Sunnyside Road in the Town of Fishkill. From the parking area, walk around a fence and past a bulletin board, then make a U-turn to the right to start on the Overlook Trail (red). At about 0.4 miles, stay straight where a white-blazed trail starts off to the left (leading to Malouf’s Mountain Camp, a private campground). At about 0.9 miles, you start to get a view to the northwest (leaves permitting), including the Fishkill Correctional Facility and the Hudson River. In a while there are a few more, unobstructed views to the northwest, now including the Mid-Hudson Bridge and the Catskill Mountains. There is a viewpoint to the west at about 1.2 miles from which you can see Beacon in the foreground, then the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge, Newburgh (including Stewart Airport), and the Shawangunk Ridge in the background. At about 1.8 miles the Overlook Trail ends, at which point (which also has a nice view) you should turn left onto the Fishkill Ridge Trail (white) which eventually begins a steep ascent leading, at about 2.2 miles to a clearing near the top of Lambs Hill, from which there are not only views to the north, west, and southwest, but also plenty of low-bush blueberries in season. After enjoying these, you return the same way you came up.