Boxcar Boulder–The Trapps, 12 sights is a 10.8-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Butterville, NY. The route passes Arbuckle Woods, White Oak, Duck Pond and 3 more before reaching The Trapps at the turnaround, 5.4 miles in. It climbs 1,819 ft, with sections as steep as 95% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi249 – 1,283 ft · steepest grade: 95%11.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.74451, -74.11772
Nearest town Butterville, NY
Directions
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Boxcar Boulder–The Trapps, 12 sights
10.8 mi · ▲ 1,819 ft · 4 hr 31 min
Elevation 249–1,284 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve
Trailhead: 41.74451, -74.11772
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Arbuckle Woods.
- 100 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Lenape Lane, heading W.
- 50 ftPass White Oak.
- 1.6 miSharp left onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Duck Pond Trail, heading SW.
- 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 NW.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Duck Pond Trail, heading NW.
- 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 NW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Home Farm Drive, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Old Minnewaska Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Rhododendron Bridge, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Undercliff Carriage Road, heading NW.
- 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.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Undercliff Carriage Road, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn 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.
- 450 ftTurn left onto CCK, heading SW.
- 500 ftSharp right onto Bonnie's Roof, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Undercliff Carriage Road, heading SW.
- 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 NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Forest Drive, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Old Stage Road, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Forest Drive, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Duck Pond Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Duck Pond Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Duck Pond Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Duck Pond Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Lenape Lane, heading S.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 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
79% gravel15% dirt1% rock5% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.8 mi in (~122 min). Leave by 5:00 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:11 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Dead Oak–Arbuckle Woods, 5 trees 5 mi · ▲ 573 ft
- Duck Pond Viewpoint–Dead Oak, 6 trees 5 mi · ▲ 573 ft
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