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Salt Marsh Tree

🏞️ Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
📍 NYC Metro
📸 Dec 2021

Photo of a dark, leafless, grey tree with intricate twisting branches, cast against a soft sunset blue sky.

December 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM

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Red Hill Fire Tower Trail

🏞️ Red Hill Conservation Area
📍 Catskills
📸 Oct 2021

Photo of an evergreen tree standing amid a forest of bare trees, under an overcast sky. Hazy hills roll toward the horizon, and a distant river reflects the silver clouds.

December 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM

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Wawayanda Lake

🏞️ Wawayanda State Park
📍 Jersey Highlands
📸 Nov 2022

Photo of a calm lake under a cloudy November sky, with bare autumn trees and dry grass in the foreground.

November 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM

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Water Path

🏞️ Red Hill Conservation Area
📍 Catskills
📸 Oct 2021

Photo of an autumn forest scene with orange and yellow leaves. There is a mossy fallen tree, a large peeling birch, and a small boulder in the background.

Photo of an autumn forest scene with orange leaves on the ground and trees with yellow leaves. The hillside is littered with mossy rocks, and ferns.

November 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM

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Campfire

🏞️ Catskill Park
📍 Catskills
📸 Oct 2024

November 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM

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Pack list: boots, headlamp or flashlight, hat, warm layers, plenty of water & snacks, and a backpack.

Sunset is a 4:35pm. We will probably be hiking in the dark at some point, please bring a flashlight. we recommend bringing a headlamp with extra batteries.

pack list
sturdy hiking boots headlamp or flashlight hat & sunglasses warm layers
1L water snacks backpack

sunset is at 4:35pm
we will probably be hiking in the dark at some point. please bring a flashlight. we recommend bringing a headlamp with extra batteries.
Remember to charge your cellphone. Bring water, snacks, and warm layers you can shed while hiking. Check the weather before you head out, and pack rain gear or gloves if conditions call for it.

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November 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM

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10AM Meet at Grand Central
10:55 Train Departs
12:45 Meet at Trailhead

3-6HR Hike
Sunset @ 4:35PM

there will be a few options for different hiking routes that are all less than 4 miles, with little or no elevation gain.

schedule
10:00 Meet at Grand Central
10:55 Train Departs
12:45 Meet at Trailhead
3-6HR Hike
Sunset @ 4:35PM
Hourly trains back to NYC

Sunday, Nov 16
10AM @ Grand Central
This is a beginner friendly meetup where we'll show how to get out of
NYC and go hiking via public transit.
$30.50 Metro North Round Trip Fare
Check out the pack list for more info on what to bring and how to prepare.

there will be a few options for different hiking routes that are all less than 4 miles, with little or no elevation gain.
for November we've organized this beginner friendly meetup to show you how to get out of NYC and go for a hike using public transit. the Metro North round trip fare will be $30.50
hit us up with any questions! this is a voluntary organization.
oy participating, you acknowledge that hiking and other related activities are done at your own risk.

November 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM

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Peak Anarchist November Hike
Hudson Highlands via Metro North

Sunday, November 16th @ 10am
Meet at Grand Central

This is a beginner friendly meetup, where we'll show you how to get out of NYC and go hiking via public transit. Metro North round trip fare: $30.50.

Check the pack list for more info.

NOVEMBER HIKE
hudson highlands via Metro North

Sunday, Nov 16
10AM @ Grand Central

This is a beginner friendly meetup where we'll show how to get out of
NYC and go hiking via public transit.
$30.50 Metro North Round Trip Fare
Check out the pack list for more info on what to bring and how to prepare.

November 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM

peak anarchist

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Wawayanda Lake

🏞️ Wawayanda State Park
📌 New Jersey Highlands
📸 Nov 6, 2022

Photo of a tranquil pond surrounded by bare trees under a cloudy sky at dusk.

November 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM

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Abandoned Roads

🏞️ Catskill Park
📍 Catskills
📸 Oct 2025

A leafy dirt road winds through a cloudy autumn forest, with bare trees and orange leaves.

November 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM

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Red Hill Fire Tower Trail

🏞️ Red Hill Conservation Area
📍 Catskills
📸 Oct 2021

October 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM

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Black Dome Overlook

🏞️ Windham-Blackhead Range Wilderness
📍 Catskills
📸 Oct 2019

Vibrant photo taken from a mountain overlook of shady evergreen trees in the foreground against a backdrop of rolling mountains with dark fall foliage, under a wispy clouds in the early evening.

October 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM

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Bull Hill Ascent & Lookout

🏞️ Hudson Highlands State Park
📍 Taconic Region
📸 Oct 2025

photo from a mountain lookout point of an autumn landscape with a river winding through the hudson valley. the foreground shows bright red and orange foliage under a partly cloudy sky.

photo from a lookout atop a cliff of the hudson river winding around rocky outcroppings covered in bright green and yellow foliage.

photo from a mountain lookout point of an autumn landscape of forested farmland in the hudson valley. the foreground shows bright red and orange foliage under a partly cloudy sky.

October 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM

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🌲💚🌲

wide angle photo of a small figure sanding in a redwood forest clearing

October 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM

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We do monthly trailhead meetups that are accessible via MTA, NJ Transit & Metro-North. With limited rideshare available from Brooklyn or Queens if you RSVP.

Events cater to a range of challenge levels including casual beginner hikes, long distance point to point days, and untrailed bushwhack peaks.

Photo from a forested mountain top at sunset.

Photo of someone scaling a steep rock face

Photo from a mountain lookout of a valley full of dark green fir trees

Close up photo of an Antifa shit on the top of a mountain

October 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM

peak anarchist

@peak-anarchist.bsky.social

Peak Anarchist is a leftist outdoors social club for hiking, camping, backpacking, orienteering, off-roading, urban exploration, and bushcraft. Based in and around NYC.