Antichrist Boulder–Boxcar Boulder, 10 sights is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Mohonk Lake, NY. The route passes Skytop Reservoir, Boxcar Boulder and Antichrist Boulder before reaching Airy Aria at the turnaround, 4.4 miles in. It climbs 1,196 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi929 – 1,250 ft9.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Piney Woods 41.77763, -74.13637
Nearest town Mohonk Lake, NY
Directions
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Antichrist Boulder–Boxcar Boulder, 10 sights
8.7 mi · ▲ 1,196 ft · 3 hr 30 min
Elevation 928–1,250 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve
Trailhead: Piney Woods · 41.77763, -74.13637
Weather Sep 8: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:20 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Piney Woods, heading W.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Terrace Path, heading S.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Kleine Kill Rd., heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Forest Drive, heading SW.
- 0.4 miPass Skytop Reservoir.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Stage Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Forest Drive, heading SW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Home Farm Drive, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Old Minnewaska Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Rhododendron Bridge, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Undercliff Carriage Road, heading S.
- 1 miPass Boxcar Boulder.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Bonnie's Roof, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Cliff base trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftPass Airy Aria.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Antichrist Boulder, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftBear left onto Bonnie's Roof, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Undercliff Carriage Road, heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Rhododendron Bridge, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Old Minnewaska Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Home Farm Drive, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Forest Drive, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Old Stage Road, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Forest Drive, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Kleine Kill Rd., heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Terrace Road, heading NE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Piney Woods, heading NE.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
81% gravel1% dirt18% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:20 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 6:57 PM for the 7:20 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:38 PM — 11 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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