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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.

Elevation

0 mi837 – 1,476 ft · steepest grade: 47%5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Copes Lookout Road 41.76787, -74.15748
Nearest town Mohonk Lake, NY

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftPass Mohonk Lake.
  3. 50 ftPass Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto Eagle Cliff Road, heading SW.
  5. 450 ftContinue straight onto Cope's Lookout Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left onto Copes Lookout Road, heading S.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Humpty Dumpty Road, heading S.
  8. 50 ftPass Copes Lookout.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left onto Short Woodland Drive, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftPass Artist's Rock.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lakeshore Path, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftPass Eagle Cliff Viewpoint.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right onto Partridgeberry Trail, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftPass Skytop Reservoir.
  15. 50 ftSharp left onto Woodland Path, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftSharp right onto Lake Shore Road, heading NE.
  17. 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  18. 350 ftBear right onto The Labyrinth, heading E.
  19. 50 ftTurn left onto Staircliff Path, heading E.
  20. 0.2 miSharp left onto Forest Drive, heading NE.
  21. 0.6 miBear right onto Old Pasture Loop, heading E.
  22. 50 ftTurn left onto Forest Drive, heading E.
  23. 0.5 miSharp left onto Oakwood Drive, heading NE.
  24. 0.1 miReach Copes Lookout, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  25. 0.1 miSharp right onto Forest Drive, heading NE.
  26. 0.5 miTurn right onto Old Pasture Loop, heading SW.
  27. 50 ftBear left onto Forest Drive, heading SW.
  28. 0.6 miSharp right onto Birchen Trail, heading SW.
  29. 0.2 miTurn right onto The Labyrinth, heading SW.
  30. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  31. 350 ftTurn right onto Lake Shore Road, heading N.
  32. 200 ftSharp left onto Woodland Path, heading W.
  33. 50 ftSharp right onto Partridgeberry Trail, heading SW.
  34. 50 ftTurn left onto Lakeshore Path, heading SW.
  35. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Short Woodland Drive, heading N.
  36. 0.1 miTurn right onto Humpty Dumpty Road, heading NW.
  37. 0.3 miTurn right onto Copes Lookout Road, heading SW.
  38. 50 ftTurn right onto Cope's Lookout Trail, heading SW.
  39. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Eagle Cliff Road, heading W.
  40. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  41. 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

72% gravel3% dirt25% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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