Bonticou Crag–Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach, 7 sights is a 14.4-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Rosendale, NY. The route passes Joppenbergh Mountain Beach and Bonticou Crag before reaching Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach at the turnaround, 7.2 miles in. It climbs 1,829 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Bonticou Crag–Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach, 7 sights
14.4 mi · ▲ 1,829 ft · 5 hr 43 min
Elevation 70–1,168 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve
Trailhead: Fairview Avenue · 41.84278, -74.08522
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Fairview Avenue, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Joppenbergh Mountain Beach.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left onto Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lime Kiln Trail (Green), heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Northeast Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miPass Bonticou Crag.
- 300 ftBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Bonticou Road, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Spring Farm Road, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading W.
- 1.4 miSharp right onto Old Glen Anna Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading W.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Rock Rift Road, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Rock Rift Trail, heading S.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Rock Rift Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Cedar Drive, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear left onto Mossy Brook Road, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear left onto Mossy Brook Path, heading NW.
- 0.4 miPass Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach.
- 350 ftReach Bonticou Crag, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Mossy Brook Road, heading S.
- 400 ftBear right onto Cedar Drive, heading N.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Rock Rift Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rock Rift Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right onto Rock Rift Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Old Glen Anna Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Bonticou Road, heading NE.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bonticou Road, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left onto Northeast Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Lime Kiln Trail (Green), heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Fairview Avenue, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.5 mi in (~105 min). Leave by 5:17 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:05 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Fairview Avenue Trailhead
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- Waterworks (Mohonk Preserve) Viewpoint–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 3 beaches 4 mi · ▲ 549 ft
- White Dot–Wallkill Valley Rail Viewpoint, 5 viewpoints 6 mi · ▲ 461 ft
- Mohonk Preserve Viewpoint–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 3 beaches 6.7 mi · ▲ 769 ft
- Shagbark Hickory–Vernal Pool, 5 sights 9.2 mi · ▲ 1,378 ft
- Vernal Pool–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 4 sights 9.7 mi · ▲ 1,311 ft
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