White Dot–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 3 beaches is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Giant's Ledges Pocket Park near Binnewater, NY. The route passes Joppenbergh Mountain Beach and White Dot before reaching Flooded Mine at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 440 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi43 – 381 ft · steepest grade: 25%3.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Wallkill Valley Rail Trail 41.85656, -74.08567
Nearest town Binnewater, NY
Directions
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White Dot–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 3 beaches
3.5 mi · ▲ 440 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Elevation 44–382 ft
Out & Back · Giant's Ledges Pocket Park
Trailhead: Wallkill Valley Rail Trail · 41.85656, -74.08567
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miPass Joppenbergh Mountain Beach.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lime Kiln Trail (Green), heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Closed, heading S.
- 400 ftPass Flooded Mine.
- 150 ftReach White Dot, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Lime Kiln Trail (Green), heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Rosendale Trestle, heading N.
- 0.9 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
65% gravel9% dirt6% other20% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 6:47 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Wallkill Valley Rail Trail Trailhead
- Fourth Lake & Fifth Lake via Wallkill Valley Rail Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 120 ft
- Joppenbergh Mountain Viewpoint & Joppenbergh Mountain Beach via Joppenbergh Mountain Loop 2.5 mi · ▲ 474 ft
- Flooded Mine–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 3 beaches 5.8 mi · ▲ 403 ft
- Table Rocks–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 4 sights 9.7 mi · ▲ 1,351 ft
- Joppenbergh Mountain Beach–Lime Kiln Trail (Green), 3 sights 10 mi · ▲ 1,140 ft
- Vernal Pool–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 6 sights 10.4 mi · ▲ 1,432 ft
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