Bearfort Mountain–Prospect Rock, 11 sights is a 14.5-mile out-and-back in Abram S. Hewitt State Forest near Rocky Hill, NY. The route passes Cascade Lake, Prospect Rock, West Pond and 2 more before reaching Terrace Pond at the turnaround, 7.2 miles in. It climbs 2,327 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi804 – 1,463 ft · steepest grade: 27%15.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Seminole Drive 41.20639, -74.34516
Nearest town Rocky Hill, NY
Directions
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Bearfort Mountain–Prospect Rock, 11 sights
14.5 mi · ▲ 2,327 ft · 6 hr
Elevation 805–1,465 ft
Out & Back · Abram S. Hewitt State Forest
Trailhead: Seminole Drive · 41.20639, -74.34516
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Cascade Lake.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Prospect Rock.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miPass West Pond.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto West Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Bearfort Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miPass Woodruff Gap.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bearfort Ridge Connector, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Terrace Pond North Loop, heading SW.
- 1.5 miPass Terrace Pond.
- 50 ftBear left onto Terrace Pond Circular Trail / Terrace Pond North Loop, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Bearfort Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftBear right onto Terrace Pond North Loop, heading SW.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Terrace Pond North Spur Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Bearfort Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto West Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
68% dirt32% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Seminole Drive Trailhead
- Ernest Walter Viewpoint–Prospect Rock Loop, 11 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 676 ft
- Ernest Walter Viewpoint–Prospect Rock, 11 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 723 ft
- Cascade Lake–Parker Lake, 6 sights 10.1 mi · ▲ 920 ft
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