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.

Elevation

0 mi725 – 1,211 ft · steepest grade: 15%2.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Table Rocks Trail 41.79611, -74.12377
Nearest town High Falls, NY

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftSharp right onto Spring Farm Road, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Cedar Drive, heading SW.
  4. 350 ftTurn left onto Crag Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.3 miSharp right onto Bonticou Road, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left onto Cedar Drive, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Guyot Hill Road, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miSharp right onto Pine Water Reservoir Road, heading S.
  9. 0.5 miSharp right onto Guyot Hill Road, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
  11. 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading NE.
  13. 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading N.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left onto Crag Trail, heading N.
  15. 50 ftTurn right onto Cedar Drive, heading N.
  16. 350 ftTurn left onto Spring Farm Road, heading NW.
  17. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

85% gravel12% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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