Wonder Lake State Park
Wonder Lake State Park in Kent spans 1,100 acres of old bridle paths with two small ponds and a quiet stretch of the Highlands Trail, few crowds.
Wonder Lake State Park covers 1,133 acres in Kent, and it stays emptier than the marquee Hudson Valley parks nearby. There's no entrance booth and no gift shop, a couple of unpaved lots off Ludingtonville Road and Mooney Hill Road, and 8.6 miles of trail that started out as bridle paths around a 1920s summer estate before the state took the land over. Those bridle-path roots still show: the yellow, red, blue, and white trails are wide and gently graded compared with the rockier Hudson Highlands trails to the south, making this a good pick when you want distance without a scramble.
The turquoise-blazed Highlands Trail runs through the park too, part of a planned corridor that will eventually connect New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut.
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