Bonticou Crag–Shagbark Hickory, 5 sights is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near High Falls, NY. The route passes Shagbark Hickory, Bonticou Crag and Vernal Pool. It climbs 414 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi653 – 1,073 ft · steepest grade: 20%2.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.79750, -74.12394
Nearest town High Falls, NY
Directions
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Bonticou Crag–Shagbark Hickory, 5 sights
2.1 mi · ▲ 414 ft · 54 min
Elevation 652–1,072 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve
Trailhead: 41.79750, -74.12394
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 NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Shagbark Hickory.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Spring Farm Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Cedar Drive, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left onto Spring Farm Road, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left onto Crag Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Bonticou Crag.
- 100 ftBear left onto Northeast Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Cedar Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Cedar Drive, heading NW.
- 250 ftPass Vernal Pool.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Cedar Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 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
57% dirt34% gravel9% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~16 min). Leave by 6:46 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:48 PM — 2 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Million Dollar View–Shagbark Hickory, 3 sights 1.6 mi · ▲ 240 ft
- Vernal Pool–Cedar Drive Loop, 3 sights 2 mi · ▲ 284 ft
- Guyot Hill–Shagbark Hickory, 7 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 537 ft
- Vernal Pool & Northeast Trail via Cedar Drive 2.4 mi · ▲ 371 ft
- Bonticou Road–Cedar Drive, 5 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 478 ft
- Cedar Drive 2.8 mi · ▲ 401 ft
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