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Bonticou Crag–Vernal Pool, 6 sights is a 6-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Lawrenceville, NY. The route passes Vernal Pool, Vernal Pool and Bonticou Crag. It climbs 971 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi302 – 1,188 ft · steepest grade: 32%6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.82462, -74.10613
Nearest town Lawrenceville, NY

Directions

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Bonticou Crag–Vernal Pool, 6 sights

6 mi · ▲ 971 ft · 2 hr 29 min

Elevation 303–1,187 ft

Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve

Trailhead: 41.82462, -74.10613

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Table Rocks Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.9 miSharp left onto Spring Farm Road, heading S.
  4. 50 ftPass Vernal Pool.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Ski Loop Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miPass Vernal Pool.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Ski Loop, heading S.
  9. 350 ftTurn left onto Cedar Drive Loop, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cedar Drive, heading W.
  11. 400 ftBear left onto Cedar Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right onto Northeast Trail, heading SE.
  13. 0.3 miPass Bonticou Crag.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  15. 1.2 miTurn left onto Clearwater Road, heading NE.
  16. 0.3 miBear right onto Table Rocks Trail, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NE.
  19. 1.4 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

66% dirt2% gravel32% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~40 min). Leave by 6:22 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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