Artist's Rock–Eagle Cliff Viewpoint, 11 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Mountain House Property near Butterville, NY. The route passes Skytop Reservoir, Skytop Reservoir, Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach and 2 more before reaching Artist's Rock at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 950 ft, with sections as steep as 52% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,034 – 1,476 ft · steepest grade: 52%5.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.78095, -74.13375
Nearest town Butterville, NY
Directions
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Artist's Rock–Eagle Cliff Viewpoint, 11 sights
4.8 mi · ▲ 950 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Elevation 1,034–1,475 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Mountain House Property
Trailhead: 41.78095, -74.13375
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Whitney Road, heading S.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto North Lookout Road, heading SW.
- 500 ftBear left onto Glen Anna Path, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Huguenot Drive, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Kleine Kill Rd., heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Forest Drive, heading SW.
- 0.4 miPass Skytop Reservoir.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Birchen Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Skytop Reservoir.
- 50 ftPass Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach.
- 100 ftTurn right onto The Labyrinth, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftPass Mohonk Lake.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Lake Shore Road, heading W.
- 200 ftSharp left onto Woodland Path, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Partridgeberry Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lakeshore Path, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Eagle Cliff Viewpoint.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Short Woodland Drive, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Humpty Dumpty Road, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Artist's Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right onto Short Woodland Drive, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lakeshore Path, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Partridgeberry Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Woodland Path, heading NE.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Lake Shore Road, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right onto The Labyrinth, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Staircliff Path, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Forest Drive, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Kleine Kill Rd., heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Huguenot Drive, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Glen Anna Path, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto North Lookout Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Whitney Road, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Spring Farm Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
76% gravel3% dirt21% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:02 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:22 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:50 PM.
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- Bonticou Road 2.7 mi · ▲ 468 ft
- Bonticou Road 2.8 mi · ▲ 468 ft
- Bonticou Viewpoint–Bonticou Road, 4 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 226 ft
- Skytop Reservoir–Huguenot Drive, 6 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 433 ft
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