Boxcar Boulder–The Trapps, 10 sights is a 9.9-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Wallkill Camp, NY. The route passes Duck Pond, Skytop Reservoir, Boxcar Boulder and High Exposure before reaching The Trapps at the turnaround, 4.9 miles in. It climbs 1,662 ft, with sections as steep as 95% grade. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi394 – 1,283 ft · steepest grade: 95%10.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.73675, -74.15362
Nearest town Wallkill Camp, NY
Directions
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Boxcar Boulder–The Trapps, 10 sights
9.9 mi · ▲ 1,662 ft · 4 hr 8 min
Elevation 393–1,284 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve
Trailhead: 41.73675, -74.15362
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Duck Pond Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Duck Pond.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Duck Pond Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Duck Pond Road, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Duck Pond Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miPass Skytop Reservoir.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Forest Drive, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Stage Road, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Forest Drive, heading SW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Home Farm Drive, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Old Minnewaska Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Rhododendron Bridge, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Undercliff Carriage Road, heading S.
- 1 miPass Boxcar Boulder.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Bonnie's Roof, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Cliff base trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass High Exposure.
- 150 ftBear left onto High E, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Undercliff Carriage Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Limelight/Arrow, heading SW.
- 200 ftPass The Trapps.
- 150 ftReach Boxcar Boulder, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Undercliff Carriage Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto High E, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Cliff base trail, heading SW.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Bonnie's Roof, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Undercliff Carriage Road, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Rhododendron Bridge, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Old Minnewaska Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Home Farm Drive, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Forest Drive, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Old Stage Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Forest Drive, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Duck Pond Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Duck Pond Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Duck Pond Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Duck Pond Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
59% gravel16% dirt1% rock24% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.3 mi in (~104 min). Leave by 5:18 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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