Posted on May 16, 2019 and last updated on November 28, 2023

Crooked River Forest, Harrison

QUICK TRAIL FACTS

  • Preserve Size: 296 acres
  • Trail Mileage: 3-mile loop
  • Pets: yes
  • Difficulty: easy
  • Sights: Crooked River

The preserve had two wide, easy-to-walk tracks crossing it, the Intervale and Evergreen trails, which are joined by a path most easily passable in winter. There is also a 0.8-mile ski trail marked on the map.

The trails split 0.2 miles from the parking area. The red Intervale Trail leads to the left, bringing you along the river on a flat, wide, easy forested trail. It’s lovely, peaceful, and quiet. It ends in about 0.6 miles at a nice spot by the river with high banks. You can return the same way or, if it’s wintertime, attempt the snowshoe trail, which is marked with small white signs with a snowshoeing figure. If you try walking this the rest of the year, expect an overgrown path that can be hard to follow at times, especially when it scales a high ridge.

The Evergreen trail is a snowmobile path that brings you thought pretty forest along a flat and easy path. At 1 mile, the trail splits, with an unmarked left-veering trail leading to a point high above the river and private property signs beyond. If you continue on the main Evergreen trail, it’ll soon reach the preserve boundaries, marked with a Trail End sign. Beyond, the snowmobile path continues.

You might see some blue trail markers where it looks like a snomwobile path cross the preserve.

Directions: To reach Intervale Preserve, make your way to Scribners Mills Road in Harrison. The trail head is a 0.6 miles from the intersection with Maple Ridge Road, and half a mile from where Scribners Mills Road crosses Crooked River. The parking lot is very large.

Let me know if you have any trail updates or corrections!