Fingerboard Mountain–Lake Skannatati, 6 sights is a 6.1-mile out-and-back in Harriman State Park near Arden, NY. The route passes Lake Askoti and Lake Skannatati before reaching Fingerboard Mountain at the turnaround, 3 miles in. It climbs 1,035 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi892 – 1,365 ft · steepest grade: 21%6.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Long Path 41.24062, -74.10163
Nearest town Arden, NY
Directions
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Fingerboard Mountain–Lake Skannatati, 6 sights
6.1 mi · ▲ 1,035 ft · 2 hr 33 min
Elevation 893–1,365 ft
Out & Back · Harriman State Park
Trailhead: Long Path · 41.24062, -74.10163
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:21 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Long Path, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Lake Askoti.
- 50 ftPass Lake Skannatati.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Arden-Surebridge Trail, heading W.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Long Path, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail, heading NW.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Ramapo-Dunderberg/Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftReach Fingerboard Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Ramapo-Dunderberg Trail, heading NE.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Long Path, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Arden-Surebridge Trail, heading SW.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Long Path, heading SE.
- 400 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 100 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
97% dirt3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:21 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Long Path Trailhead
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- Little Long Pond–Lake Skannatati, 5 lakes 3.7 mi · ▲ 439 ft
- Lake Skannatati–Lake Askoti, 6 sights 3.8 mi · ▲ 489 ft
- Surebridge Mountain–Lake Skannatati, 8 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 781 ft
- Black Rock Mountain–Lake Skannatati, 6 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 854 ft
- Lake Skannatati–Lake Askoti, 6 sights 5.9 mi · ▲ 494 ft
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