Camp Columbia State Park — Attraction in Morris

Peaceful, easy hike. Beautiful tree lined trails. Trails are straightforward, well marked and easy to follow. Nice for short nature walk. My only reason for taking away a star is because I found a couple areas near and in the tower and the abandoned stone hut along the first half of the trail had a ton of broken glass everywhere. Of course my dogs wanted to go sniff and explore, thankfully they were on leash. I’ve been here a few times, and never went into the tower to check the view because I had my dogs with me. So while it’s dog friendly (on leash) beware of glass. Something to keep in mind if taking small children as well. Also, lots of poison ivy the deeper you get...

Nice quick and easy .3 mile hike from the parking lot (ample parking) to the tower. The tower is beautiful and doesn't look as high before you start climbing. I'm a wuss and don't like heights so my knees wanted to buckle a few steps up the outside stairs (you go up 2 short flights inside before reaching the gate to the outside) but I composed myself and trekked the rest of the way up. I'm glad I did, and so thankful it wasn't windy that day! Now, if we could just get people to stop graffiti-ing everything. :( Also of note: BIG kitty paw spotted in the mud on the trail on the way up, so just be careful and aware of your...

Great place to hike with lots of well marked trails. this used to be part of Columbia University and it was required that Engineering students spend a Summer here. While only a few stone structures remain, there were many wooden buildings scattered across the property where the students lived and studied. If you know what you are looking at you can see the remains of trenches that were dug as part of trench warfare experiments, and many civil engineering benchmarks that were placed to teach students how to place benchmarks. Overall a really...