Mohonk Preserve

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.

Elevation

0 mi466 – 1,204 ft11.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.82377, -74.09780
Nearest town Lawrenceville, NY

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 1.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Cedar Drive, heading SW.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left onto Crag Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miSharp right onto Bonticou Road, heading S.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Spring Farm Road, heading W.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading W.
  9. 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading SW.
  10. 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
  11. 500 ftTurn right onto Golf Course Connector, heading SW.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lenape Lane, heading SW.
  13. 350 ftContinue straight onto Terrace Path, heading SE.
  14. 0.5 miTurn right onto Piney Woods, heading SW.
  15. 0.3 miReach Bonticou Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left onto Terrace Path, heading SW.
  17. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lenape Lane, heading NE.
  18. 350 ftContinue straight onto Golf Course Connector, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left onto Spring Farm Road, heading N.
  20. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  21. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading NE.
  22. 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftTurn right onto Bonticou Road, heading NE.
  24. 0.2 miSharp left onto Crag Trail, heading NE.
  25. 0.3 miTurn right onto Cedar Drive, heading NE.
  26. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Table Rocks Trail, heading N.
  27. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  28. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  29. 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

50% dirt38% gravel12% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:20 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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