Mohonk Mountain House Property

Bonticou Road–Stokes Trail, 3 sights

3.1 mi · ▲ 387 ft · 1 hr 14 min

Bonticou Road–Stokes Trail, 3 sights is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Mountain House Property near Mohonk Lake, NY. It climbs 387 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi866 – 1,106 ft · steepest grade: 19%3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Whitney Road 41.77928, -74.13663
Nearest town Mohonk Lake, NY

Directions

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Bonticou Road–Stokes Trail, 3 sights

3.1 mi · ▲ 387 ft · 1 hr 14 min

Elevation 865–1,106 ft

Out & Back · Mohonk Mountain House Property

Trailhead: Whitney Road · 41.77928, -74.13663

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Whitney Road, heading W.
  2. 0.6 miSharp right onto Bonticou Road, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Rock Rift Road, heading N.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Rock Rift Trail, heading NW.
  5. 350 ftContinue straight onto Rock Rift Road, heading W.
  6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Cedar Drive, heading W.
  7. 350 ftBear left onto Mossy Brook Road, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
  9. 250 ftSharp left onto Stokes Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.1 miReach Bonticou Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  12. 250 ftSharp left onto Mossy Brook Road, heading N.
  13. 0.3 miBear right onto Cedar Drive, heading N.
  14. 350 ftContinue straight onto Rock Rift Road, heading NE.
  15. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rock Rift Trail, heading E.
  16. 350 ftBear right onto Rock Rift Road, heading E.
  17. 50 ftTurn right onto Bonticou Road, heading E.
  18. 0.2 miSharp left onto Whitney Road, heading S.
  19. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

83% gravel9% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:38 PM — 12 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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