Mohonk Preserve (Foothills)
Dead Oak–Arbuckle Woods, 5 trees
5 mi · ▲ 573 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Dead Oak–Arbuckle Woods, 5 trees is a 5-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve (Foothills) near Butterville, NY. The route passes Arbuckle Woods, White Oak and Kleinekill Pool before reaching Dead Oak at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 573 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Dead Oak–Arbuckle Woods, 5 trees
5 mi · ▲ 573 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Elevation 249–784 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve (Foothills)
Trailhead: 41.74451, -74.11772
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Arbuckle Woods.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Lenape Lane, heading W.
- 50 ftPass White Oak.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear left onto Lenape Lane, heading NE.
- 0.2 miPass Kleinekill Pool.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Kleinekill Farm Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Duck Pond Road, heading SW.
- 150 ftReach Dead Oak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Kleinekill Farm Road, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Lenape Lane, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Lane, heading SW.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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