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Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest

Crane Trail & Old Turnpike Trail via Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path

5 mi · ▲ 1,270 ft · 2 hr 18 min

Crane Trail & Old Turnpike Trail via Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path is a 5-mile out-and-back in Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest near Roosa Gap, NY. It climbs 1,270 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi850 – 1,411 ft · steepest grade: 27%5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Turnpike Trail 41.60615, -74.42670
Nearest town Roosa Gap, NY
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Crane Trail & Old Turnpike Trail via Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path

5 mi · ▲ 1,270 ft · 2 hr 18 min

Elevation 849–1,411 ft

Out & Back · Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest

Trailhead: Old Turnpike Trail · 41.60615, -74.42670

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Old Turnpike Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.6 miTurn left onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path, heading SW.
  3. 1.8 miSharp left onto Crane Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miReach Old Turnpike Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.1 miSharp right onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path, heading NE.
  6. 1.8 miTurn right onto Old Turnpike Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/development-trail-old-turnpike-trail-out-back-11-km

Trail surface

4% dirt96% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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