Tivoli Bays

Good signage from the road. I parked in the small 9G lot, and there was only one other car there on a sunny cool October Sunday. However, there had been heavy rains the night before. As I started on the blue overlook trail, some other hikers said the path was impassable near the end due to the rains. I had hoped to make the blue and red loop. The trail started out wide, but quickly narrowed. Mostly well marked with flares and the trail is typically visible, even with fallen leaves. Lots of mud and tricky crossings on precarious branches and slippery rocks. Wildflowers and fungi galore with the blue mountains in the distance. I hiked as far as I could then turned back and picked up the red overlook trail. Lots of little bridges and babbling streams. This emerged into a meadow. I ended up almost making the loop I had intended to make, but with about twice the distance: about 2.3 miles overall. I would like to hike some other parts of this area when it’s drier and actually make it to the bay!

I wish I could give it a five star but sorry I cannot because we went there and we had to walk a while and then we found the stairs. It’s a wooden stairs and it was looking good from that point but when we went down and we were ready to some beauty but didn’t happened at all. We found some mud and it wasn’t that cool. I want to warn people because it’s not that nice place to visit.Actually you have to keep in mind when there is a lot of water around it will look good but without the water and it’s just a dry muddy place and nothing but a loss of your energy. Kind of scary.

Great area for a trail run, or to put in your kayak. The road is in good shape at the moment, there is a huge tree that came down across the blue trail by the falls, be careful if you are running down that hill it comes on you quickly.

Nice leisurely walk. Well maintained,beautiful. Stair case is awesome, bottom has a gorgeous view.

A nice place for a walk, the trails are not great, all the same and enjoyable stop.

The trails aren't very well marked, there's no map, and there are parts which are in a designated animal control area which you might not find out about until you hear the shotguns.

Beautiful place for hiking with views in the forest, overlooking the marsh and mountains in the horizon

This is a great venue with views of the Catskills directly over the Hudson River. One of my favorite spots to watch the sunset. There is also a kayak launch to explore the bays or the river. There are lots of trails to explore as well.