Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest
Development Trail & Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path
4.3 mi · ▲ 700 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Development Trail & Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest near High View, NY. It climbs 700 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi709 – 1,296 ft · steepest grade: 21%4.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest Upper O&W Rail Trail 41.56659, -74.46761
Nearest town High View, NY
Directions
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Development Trail & Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path
4.3 mi · ▲ 700 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Elevation 708–1,295 ft
Out & Back · Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest
Trailhead: Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest Upper O&W Rail Trail · 41.56659, -74.46761
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest Upper O&W Rail Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Development Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miReach Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path, heading NW.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest Upper O&W Rail Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
32% dirt68% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:23 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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