Bonticou Crag–Chapel Trail, 3 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Mohonk Lake, NY. The route reaches Bonticou Crag. It climbs 976 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi348 – 1,073 ft · steepest grade: 22%4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Chapel Trail 41.79181, -74.14161
Nearest town Mohonk Lake, NY
Directions
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Bonticou Crag–Chapel Trail, 3 sights
4 mi · ▲ 976 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Elevation 349–1,072 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve
Trailhead: Chapel Trail · 41.79181, -74.14161
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Chapel Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Table Rocks Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Crag Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Bonticou Crag.
- 50 ftBear left onto Northeast Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Bonticou Crag, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Bonticou Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Crag Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.8 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
83% dirt14% gravel3% grass
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 7:01 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.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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