AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Mohonk Preserve

Cedar Drive

8 mi · ▲ 956 ft · 3 hr 9 min

Cedar Drive is an 8-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Lawrenceville, NY. It climbs 956 ft. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi466 – 1,139 ft8.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.82377, -74.09780
Nearest town Lawrenceville, NY
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Cedar Drive

8 mi · ▲ 956 ft · 3 hr 9 min

Elevation 465–1,138 ft

Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve

Trailhead: 41.82377, -74.09780

Weather Sep 8: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:20 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 1.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miBear right onto Spring Farm Road, heading S.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Table Rocks Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Cedar Drive, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miBear left onto Spring Farm Road, heading S.
  8. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading SW.
  9. 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading S.
  10. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
  11. 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading E.
  13. 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading NE.
  14. 0.4 miBear right onto Cedar Drive, heading N.
  15. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Table Rocks Trail, heading NE.
  16. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftBear left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading NE.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  19. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  20. 1.5 miArrive 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/cedar-drive-out-back-13-km-1cf1

Trail surface

56% dirt38% gravel6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:20 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~24 min). Leave by 6:36 PM for the 7:20 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:56 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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