Bonticou Road–Cedar Drive, 6 sights
10.4 mi · ▲ 1,228 ft · 4 hr 5 min
Bonticou Road–Cedar Drive, 6 sights is a 10.4-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Lawrenceville, NY. It climbs 1,228 ft. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Bonticou Road–Cedar Drive, 6 sights
10.4 mi · ▲ 1,228 ft · 4 hr 5 min
Elevation 465–1,204 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve
Trailhead: 41.82377, -74.09780
Weather Sep 8: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:20 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Cedar Drive, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Crag Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Bonticou Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Spring Farm Road, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading W.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Golf Course Connector, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lenape Lane, heading SW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Terrace Path, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Piney Woods, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Bonticou Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Terrace Path, heading SW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lenape Lane, heading NE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Golf Course Connector, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Spring Farm Road, heading N.
- 350 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bonticou Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Crag Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Cedar Drive, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Table Rocks Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.5 miArrive 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 0.8 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 6:37 PM for the 7:20 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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