AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Big Bend Drive

4.4 mi · ▲ 699 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Big Bend Drive is a 4.4-mile out-and-back near Neversink, NY. It climbs 699 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,476 – 2,198 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Big Bend Drive 41.89830, -74.62246
Nearest town Neversink, NY
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Big Bend Drive

4.4 mi · ▲ 699 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Elevation 1,476–2,199 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Big Bend Drive · 41.89830, -74.62246

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

  1. Start on Big Bend Drive, heading SW.
  2. 2.2 miReach Big Bend Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  3. 2.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/big-bend-drive-out-back

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:03 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:24 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:52 PM.

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