Big Hill Shelter

Great spot as always – peaceful and memorable Hiked up to Big Hill Shelter from Route 106 on June 7th. The trail passes by the site of an old plane crash, which adds a somber but fascinating piece of history to the hike. It was a humid day with lots of mosquitoes, so definitely bring bug spray if you're coming in early summer. Despite the conditions, Big Hill Shelter was as great as ever — peaceful, well-kept, and a perfect place to take a break or spend the night. Always worth the trip!

This is an amazing shelter built in 1923. We packed in to check out the area for a through hike for the long path to the Adirondacks from 175th street in the heights. There's nothing better than the two fireplaces that we used for cooking and, for heat. The view of NYC is absolutely amazing!!! This was one of my favorite camp outs though i would strongly suggest that you bring as much wood up from the bottom of the mountain as the top has been completely stripped of wood also water is down low not on the top of the mountain.

Nice place to spend the night - lots of flat clear areas for tents and the shelter is in a great state. There is a large boulder near the shelter - if you sit on top of that or the top of the shelter roof, there is a beautiful view of the sunrise. Only downside is there doesn't seem to be a close water source (closest we found was ~2.5 miles away). The forest around the shelter has been picked pretty clean for wood to burn and there are some areas where people have clearly chopped down trees for firewood - it's a shame.

Great place to camp for an evening or a weekend if it's not taken by through hikers. Comfy with two chimneys on either side a raised platform and a third cook fire place in front. Wonderful views too.. make sure to hang up all food at night as there are coyotes in the area

In very good condition.