Copes Lookout–Artist's Rock, 11 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Mountain House Property near Mohonk Lake, NY. The route passes Mohonk Lake, Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach, Copes Lookout and 3 more. It climbs 1,060 ft, with sections as steep as 47% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Copes Lookout–Artist's Rock, 11 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 1,060 ft · 2 hr 14 min
Elevation 837–1,475 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Mountain House Property
Trailhead: Copes Lookout Road · 41.76787, -74.15748
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Mohonk Lake.
- 50 ftPass Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Eagle Cliff Road, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Cope's Lookout Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Copes Lookout Road, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Humpty Dumpty Road, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Copes Lookout.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Short Woodland Drive, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Artist's Rock.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lakeshore Path, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Eagle Cliff Viewpoint.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Partridgeberry Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Skytop Reservoir.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Woodland Path, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Lake Shore Road, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right onto The Labyrinth, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Staircliff Path, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Forest Drive, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Old Pasture Loop, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Forest Drive, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Oakwood Drive, heading NE.
- 0.1 miReach Copes Lookout, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Forest Drive, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Old Pasture Loop, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Forest Drive, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Birchen Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto The Labyrinth, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Lake Shore Road, heading N.
- 200 ftSharp left onto Woodland Path, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Partridgeberry Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lakeshore Path, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Short Woodland Drive, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Humpty Dumpty Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Copes Lookout Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Cope's Lookout Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Eagle Cliff Road, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:02 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:22 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:50 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Copes Lookout Road Trailhead
- Eagle Cliff–Mohonk Lake, 4 beaches 1.8 mi · ▲ 234 ft
- Copes Lookout–Artist's Rock, 10 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 238 ft
- Laurel Ledge Viewpoint–Sunset Rock, 6 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 254 ft
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