Mohonk Preserve
Bonticou Road–Cedar Drive, 5 sights
2.5 mi · ▲ 478 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Bonticou Road–Cedar Drive, 5 sights is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near High Falls, NY. It climbs 478 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Bonticou Road–Cedar Drive, 5 sights
2.5 mi · ▲ 478 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Elevation 725–1,210 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve
Trailhead: Table Rocks Trail · 41.79611, -74.12377
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 ftSharp right onto Spring Farm Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Cedar Drive, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Crag Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Bonticou Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Cedar Drive, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Guyot Hill Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Pine Water Reservoir Road, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Guyot Hill Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Crag Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Cedar Drive, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Spring Farm Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 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 0.3 mi in (~11 min). Leave by 6:51 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:44 PM — 6 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Table Rocks Trail Trailhead
- Million Dollar View–Shagbark Hickory, 3 sights 1.6 mi · ▲ 240 ft
- Vernal Pool–Cedar Drive Loop, 3 sights 2 mi · ▲ 284 ft
- Bonticou Crag–Shagbark Hickory, 5 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 414 ft
- Guyot Hill–Shagbark Hickory, 7 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 537 ft
- Vernal Pool & Northeast Trail via Cedar Drive 2.4 mi · ▲ 371 ft
- Cedar Drive 2.8 mi · ▲ 401 ft
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