Morrow Mountain Summit Area

High point within the park offering a clear destination for scenery, picnicking, and access to the Morrow Mountain Trail.

Morrow Mountain State Park
The wooden observation deck and wooded hills viewed from Morrow Mountain
The summit observation deck at Morrow Mountain, June 2023.
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Morrow Mountain observation deck — DiscoA340 · Cropped, resized and re-encoded; metadata removed.

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Weekly opening hours are unconfirmed. Contact the business before a special trip.

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Before driving up

For a short summit walk, the park maps Mountain Loop as an easy 0.8-mile hiking trail with red-square blazes. This is a different choice from the longer Morrow Mountain Trail; use the official map to find the signed start.

General park day-use entry has no fee; boat rentals, swimming, camping and reservations are separate. Day-use areas close one hour before gates, and the park closes on Christmas Day.

Gate closing is 7 PM December–February, 8 PM March and November, 9 PM April and October, and 10 PM May–September. Gates open at 7 AM. Check current notices for summit-road access.

Visiting details

Day-use areas close one hour before park gates. Check current park notices for summit-road access; the published gate schedule is not an all-clear.