Hiking clubs offer you the opportunity to recreate with others who share an interest in exploring New York's natural locations. Rather than venturing into the wilderness alone, go with a hiking club, which normally offers you guided tours that are led by experienced hikers. Traveling with others on wilderness hiking trails also provides personal security, by generating safety in numbers. This form of aerobic exercise decreases your risk of heart disease, obesity, diabetes, stroke and depression.
Adirondack Mountains
Northeastern New York's Adirondack Mountains offer you diverse terrain, ranging from easy to very strenuous hiking trails. The Adirondack Mountain Club encourages you to maintain a physically fit lifestyle, with multiple chapters that have organized outings. Each chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club offers you outings with different levels of difficulty, such as walking on trails, rock hiking or exploring the high peaks.
Catskill Mountains
Not far from New York City, the Catskill Mountains offer you undulating hiking trails in pristine wilderness to improve your overall health. The Catskill Mountain Club works to cultivate your appreciation of nature, with such organized events as hiking to Giant Ledge or Balsam Lake Mountain Fire Tower. Joining the Catskill Mountain Club also allows you to help improve and build trails, which are made accessible to families with children and people with disabilities.
Hudson Valley
Between New York City and the Catskill Mountains, the Hudson Valley offers you beginner hiking trails with flat terrain. Hudson Valley Hikers is a hiking club that encourages you to hike at your own pace. The organizer waits at the end of the trail to ensure that you safely complete the hike. If you are more adventurous, the Hudson Valley Hikers also take hiking trips around the globe.
New York City
While New York City offers you urban hiking trails in places like Central Park, the city is also home to hiking clubs that travel throughout the state. The New York Ramblers offers you strenuous hikes within a 50-mile radius of New York City, which can normally be accessed by public transit. Urban Escapes offers a combination of physical and social activities for young professionals, with such hikes as Harriman State Park in the fall or ice climbing and mountaineering in the winter.
Appalachian Trail
Stretching more than 2,000 miles from Maine to Georgia, the New York section of the Appalachian Trail takes you through flat and gentle rolling terrain in Harriman-Bear Mountain State Park. The Appalachian Mountain Club is a major hiking club, with about 110,000 members that take more than 8,000 annual trips along the Eastern Seaboard. Joining the Appalachian Mountain Club's New York and North New Jersey Chapter offers you year-round physical exercise, such as hiking, rock climbing, canoeing and kayaking.
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