Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail

The park will reconnect visitors to the river’s edge, restore critical ecosystems, and create a choreographed experience of the Hudson Highlands while minimizing the impacts of heavy tourism on local communities.

Drawing inspiration from the material palette of the Hudson River School of painting, SCAPE designed an array of destinations along the Fjord Trail that foreground the area’s inherent ecological diversity, encouraging restoration and stewardship along the river’s edge, highlands, forest, and marsh. Among these sites are quiet spaces for contemplation and enjoyment of the scenery, and improved access to several trailheads within the Hudson Highlands State Park Preserve, including Breakneck Ridge—one of the top day hike destinations in the U.S.