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Mohonk Preserve

Bonticou Road

4.3 mi · ▲ 439 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Bonticou Road is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Mohonk Lake, NY. It climbs 439 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi659 – 1,020 ft · steepest grade: 22%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rock Rift Road 41.77707, -74.14415
Nearest town Mohonk Lake, NY
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Bonticou Road

4.3 mi · ▲ 439 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Elevation 659–1,020 ft

Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve

Trailhead: Rock Rift Road · 41.77707, -74.14415

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

  1. Start on Rock Rift Trail, heading E.
  2. 400 ftBear right onto Rock Rift Road, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading SE.
  4. 450 ftContinue straight onto Old Glen Anna Road, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftSharp left onto Bonticou Road, heading SE.
  6. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading N.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left onto Crag Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miBear left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  13. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  14. 350 ftContinue straight onto Crag Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right onto Spring Farm Road, heading SE.
  16. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading S.
  17. 1.4 miSharp right onto Old Glen Anna Road, heading S.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading S.
  19. 450 ftContinue straight onto Rock Rift Road, heading S.
  20. 50 ftBear left onto Rock Rift Trail, heading SW.
  21. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bonticou-road-out-back-7-km-70a6

Trail surface

87% gravel7% dirt3% grass3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:48 PM — 2 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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