{"id":219,"date":"2020-12-15T14:31:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T14:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpimentel.com\/wordpress\/?p=219"},"modified":"2020-12-15T14:42:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T14:42:31","slug":"bull-hill-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpimentel.com\/wordpress\/?p=219","title":{"rendered":"Bull Hill Loop – Mt Taurus"},"content":{"rendered":"

(This post was written in Feb 2018, and published 3 years later)<\/em><\/p>\n

I have been constantly going up and down Bull Hill for years now.\u00a0 It’s always an up and back affair that is quickly done.\u00a0 Similar to other quick area hikes like Lamb’s Hill or Anthony’s Nose.\u00a0 Today I opted for the loop and it was spectacular.\u00a0 The up to Bull Hill aka Mt Taurus is always quick.\u00a0 It’s\u00a0 a straight up climb to one of my favorite views in the Hudson Valley, more than any other in the area including Breakneck, with the added benefit of being a lot less crowded.<\/p>\n

I left thinking the loop was going to be 5.9 miles.\u00a0 It turned out to be more like 5.5 but I will not complain since it was still a great hike that offered enough elevation to rival some of the easier Catskill hikes and the distance to boot.<\/p>\n

The first 2 miles of this hike is all climb, with pretty much no chance to take a breather.\u00a0 It’s an abuse on the mind and soul knowing there is absolutely no respite from beginning to that 2 mile mark.\u00a0 Along the way you hit the old quarry, followed quickly by a money shot overlooking the quaint town of Cold Spring with West Point anchoring the picturesque view across the Hudson.\u00a0 Then more climb and it just gets harder and harder.\u00a0 Until you come to the big boulder I THOUGHT., and this is again thought! was the best view in Bull Hill and it still may be.\u00a0 It has competition a little further up.\u00a0 I was not stopping today.\u00a0 I took in the sight, walked a little more and took in the sight from the other rock up and to the right of the amazing boulder.<\/p>\n

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I kept climbing.\u00a0 So I guess I never hit the top of Bull, cause I was still going up until I reached a huge boulder that said NYC Money Shot.\u00a0 It was a clear day and I could faintly see not only NYC but also the Tappan Zee bridge.\u00a0 You keep going even more and now you start descending and POW a Northern View with views of the Newburgh Beacon Bridge and the Northern end of Dutchess County.<\/p>\n

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That was all for the money shots, yet the rest of the hike was still amazing.\u00a0 You ran into an abandon complex next to a babbling brook I later learned was called Breakneck Brook.\u00a0 You then follow the brook to the melodic sounds of that amazing burbling water.\u00a0 There is something peaceful about that sound that negates the rest of the world.\u00a0 \u00a0You run into another\u00a0 abandoned estate and some circle thing I have no idea what it was.\u00a0 More descending and I reached my car again.<\/p>\n

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It’s always a dab of fresh air when you revisit a hike you have done over and over again and see it with new eyes, discover there is so much more to it than you ever thought.\u00a0 My favorite hike just became my even MORE favorite hike, I doubt there is anything that battles Bull Hill in the area.\u00a0 It gives you a bit of everything, the only one that comes close is Popolopen Torne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(This post was written in Feb 2018, and published 3 years later) I have been constantly going up and down Bull Hill for years now.\u00a0 It’s always an up and back affair that is quickly done.\u00a0 Similar to other quick area hikes like Lamb’s Hill or Anthony’s Nose.\u00a0 Today I opted for the loop and … <\/p>\n

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