Ernest Walter Viewpoint–Prospect Rock, 11 sights is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Abram S. Hewitt State Forest near Rocky Hill, NY. The route passes Cascade Lake, Prospect Rock, West Pond and 5 more. It climbs 723 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,037 – 1,424 ft · steepest grade: 22%5.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Seminole Drive 41.20639, -74.34516
Nearest town Rocky Hill, NY
Directions
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Ernest Walter Viewpoint–Prospect Rock, 11 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 723 ft · 2 hr 10 min
Elevation 1,037–1,422 ft
Out & Back · Abram S. Hewitt State Forest
Trailhead: Seminole Drive · 41.20639, -74.34516
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Cascade Lake.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Prospect Rock.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miPass West Pond.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto West Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto yellow, heading SE.
- 100 ftPass yellow Viewpoint.
- 50 ftReach Ernest Walter Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading S.
- 500 ftPass Ernest Walter/Bearfort Ridge Viewpoint.
- 50 ftBear left onto Ernest Walter/Bearfort Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Bearfort Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Surprise Lake.
- 50 ftBear right onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miPass Ernest Walter Viewpoint.
- 50 ftTurn left onto State Line Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.8 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
42% dirt7% rock51% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Seminole Drive Trailhead
- Ernest Walter Viewpoint–Prospect Rock Loop, 11 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 676 ft
- Cascade Lake–Parker Lake, 6 sights 10.1 mi · ▲ 920 ft
- Bearfort Mountain–Prospect Rock, 11 sights 14.5 mi · ▲ 2,327 ft
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