1. Start on Lower Duck Pond Road, heading SW.
2. 350 ftSharp right, heading N.
3. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
4. 0.9 miBear right onto Woodside Trail (Future Northeast Trail), heading N.
5. 0.7 miBear left, heading E.
6. 150 ftBear right onto Northeast Trail, heading NE.
7. 0.5 miPass Koi Pond.
8. 50 ftTurn left onto Bonticou Path, heading NE.
9. 50 ftTurn right onto Northeast Trail, heading N.
10. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
11. 50 ftPass Bonticou Crag.
12. 1.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
13. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
14. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
15. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
16. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Lime Kiln Trail (Green), heading N.
17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
18. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
19. 0.2 miSharp right onto Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, heading N.
20. 0.4 miPass Flooded Mine.
21. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
22. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
23. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
24. 100 ftReach Bonticou Crag, then turn around and head back the way you came.
25. 150 ftSharp right, heading S.
26. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
27. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
28. 0.4 miSharp left onto Lime Kiln Trail (Green), heading NE.
29. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
30. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
31. 1 miTurn right, heading SW.
32. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
33. 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
34. 0.6 miTurn left onto Northeast Trail, heading SW.
35. 1.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
36. 0.3 miTurn left onto Bonticou Path, heading SW.
37. 50 ftTurn right onto Northeast Trail, heading SW.
38. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
39. 150 ftBear right onto Woodside Trail (Future Northeast Trail), heading SW.
40. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
41. 0.9 miSharp right, heading S.
42. 0.3 miSharp left onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading SW.
43. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bonticou-crag-koi-pond-out-back-9-lakes