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Mohonk Preserve

Chapel Trail & Spring Farm Road via Lenape Lane

5.3 mi · ▲ 917 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Chapel Trail & Spring Farm Road via Lenape Lane is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Butterville, NY. It climbs 917 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi348 – 1,139 ft · steepest grade: 19%5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.77624, -74.13474
Nearest town Butterville, NY
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Chapel Trail & Spring Farm Road via Lenape Lane

5.3 mi · ▲ 917 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Elevation 349–1,138 ft

Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve

Trailhead: 41.77624, -74.13474

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 450 ftSharp right onto Lenape Lane, heading NW.
  3. 200 ftContinue straight onto Terrace Path, heading N.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Lane, heading N.
  5. 350 ftContinue straight onto Golf Course Connector, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left onto Spring Farm Road, heading N.
  7. 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
  8. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading NE.
  9. 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading N.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left onto Crag Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miBear left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  13. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 0.9 miReach Spring Farm Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
  17. 350 ftContinue straight onto Crag Trail, heading NE.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right onto Spring Farm Road, heading N.
  19. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading S.
  20. 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading S.
  21. 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
  22. 500 ftTurn right onto Golf Course Connector, heading SW.
  23. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lenape Lane, heading SW.
  24. 350 ftContinue straight onto Terrace Path, heading SW.
  25. 100 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Lane, heading SW.
  26. 200 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  27. 300 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/chapel-trail-spring-farm-road-out-back

Trail surface

48% gravel41% dirt2% grass9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:20 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 6:47 PM for the 7:20 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:45 PM — 3 min before dark.

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