Bonticou Viewpoint–Bonticou Road, 3 sights is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near High Falls, NY. The route reaches Bonticou Viewpoint at the turnaround, 0.8 miles in. It climbs 419 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi659 – 1,089 ft · steepest grade: 20%2.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Chapel Trail 41.79465, -74.12848
Nearest town High Falls, NY
Directions
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Bonticou Viewpoint–Bonticou Road, 3 sights
1.9 mi · ▲ 419 ft · 51 min
Elevation 659–1,088 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve
Trailhead: Chapel Trail · 41.79465, -74.12848
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Table Rocks Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Crag Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miPass Bonticou Viewpoint.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Cedar Drive, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Bonticou Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Spring Farm Road, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Crag Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 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
72% gravel25% dirt3% grass
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 6:50 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:44 PM — 6 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Chapel Trail Trailhead
- Bonticou Crag–Million Dollar View Loop, 6 sights 1.9 mi · ▲ 420 ft
- Million Dollar View–Vernal Pool, 5 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 349 ft
- Bonticou Road 2.8 mi · ▲ 467 ft
- Cedar Drive 4.3 mi · ▲ 272 ft
- Bonticou Road–Huguenot Drive, 4 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 671 ft
- Piney Woods–Spring Farm Road, 3 sights 5 mi · ▲ 617 ft
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