AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Mohonk Preserve

Cedar Drive

9.8 mi · ▲ 1,024 ft · 3 hr 47 min

Cedar Drive is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Lawrenceville, NY. It climbs 1,024 ft. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi466 – 1,020 ft10.4 mi

Getting there

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

9.8 mi · ▲ 1,024 ft · 3 hr 47 min

Elevation 465–1,020 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. 1.4 miSharp right onto Old Glen Anna Road, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading SW.
  11. 450 ftContinue straight onto Rock Rift Road, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Rock Rift Trail, heading SW.
  13. 400 ftContinue straight onto Rock Rift Road, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Cedar Drive, heading W.
  15. 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 350 ftContinue straight onto Rock Rift Road, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rock Rift Trail, heading W.
  18. 350 ftBear right onto Rock Rift Road, heading E.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading E.
  20. 450 ftContinue straight onto Old Glen Anna Road, heading E.
  21. 50 ftSharp left onto Bonticou Road, heading E.
  22. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading NE.
  23. 0.4 miBear right onto Cedar Drive, heading NE.
  24. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Table Rocks Trail, heading N.
  25. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading E.
  26. 50 ftBear left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading E.
  27. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  28. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  29. 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cedar-drive-out-back-16-km-c2a3

Trail surface

49% gravel46% dirt5% 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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