Bonticou Crag–Million Dollar View Loop, 6 sights is a 1.9-mile loop in Mohonk Preserve near High Falls, NY. The route passes Bonticou Crag, Vernal Pool and Million Dollar View. It climbs 420 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi659 – 1,073 ft · steepest grade: 21%2.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Chapel Trail 41.79465, -74.12848
Nearest town High Falls, NY
Directions
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Bonticou Crag–Million Dollar View Loop, 6 sights
1.9 mi · ▲ 420 ft · 51 min
Elevation 659–1,072 ft
Loop · Mohonk Preserve
Trailhead: Chapel Trail · 41.79465, -74.12848
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn 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 miTurn left onto Cedar Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Cedar Drive, heading NW.
- 300 ftPass Vernal Pool.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Cedar Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miPass Million Dollar View.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
75% dirt22% gravel3% grass
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 6:52 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:43 PM — 8 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Chapel Trail Trailhead
- Bonticou Viewpoint–Bonticou Road, 3 sights 1.9 mi · ▲ 419 ft
- Million Dollar View–Vernal Pool, 5 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 349 ft
- Bonticou Road 2.8 mi · ▲ 467 ft
- Cedar Drive 4.3 mi · ▲ 272 ft
- Bonticou Road–Huguenot Drive, 4 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 671 ft
- Piney Woods–Spring Farm Road, 3 sights 5 mi · ▲ 617 ft
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