Fifth Lake–Summit Viewpoint, 5 sights is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Giant's Ledges Pocket Park near Lawrenceville, NY. The route passes Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, Joppenbergh Mountain Beach and Fifth Lake before reaching Summit Viewpoint at the turnaround, 3.7 miles in. It climbs 947 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi43 – 486 ft · steepest grade: 17%8.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.82377, -74.09780
Nearest town Lawrenceville, NY
Directions
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Fifth Lake–Summit Viewpoint, 5 sights
7.4 mi · ▲ 947 ft · 2 hr 56 min
Elevation 44–486 ft
Out & Back · Giant's Ledges Pocket Park
Trailhead: 41.82377, -74.09780
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lime Kiln Trail (Green), heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Joppenbergh Mountain Beach.
- 50 ftBear left onto Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftPass Joppenbergh Mountain Beach.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Rosendale Trestle, heading N.
- 1.3 miPass Fifth Lake.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Summit Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miPass Summit Viewpoint.
- 200 ftReach Fifth Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lime Kiln Trail (Green), heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftArrive 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% gravel25% dirt3% other30% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 6:50 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:50 PM — 0 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- White Dot & Flooded Mine 2.2 mi · ▲ 220 ft
- Waterworks (Mohonk Preserve) Viewpoint 3.2 mi · ▲ 420 ft
- Flooded Mine & Lime Kiln Trail (Green) via Wallkill Valley Rail Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 399 ft
- Table Rocks Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 502 ft
- Table Rocks Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 502 ft
- Joppenbergh Mountain Viewpoint–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 3 beaches 4.2 mi · ▲ 833 ft
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