Joppenbergh Mountain Beach–Lime Kiln Trail (Green), 3 sights is a 10-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Binnewater, NY. The route reaches Joppenbergh Mountain Beach. It climbs 1,140 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Joppenbergh Mountain Beach–Lime Kiln Trail (Green), 3 sights
10 mi · ▲ 1,140 ft · 3 hr 54 min
Elevation 44–726 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve
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.
- 1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Clearwater Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Spring Farm Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Table Rocks Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Spring Farm Road, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
- 300 ftReach Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Clearwater Road, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Lime Kiln Trail (Green), heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Rosendale Trestle, heading N.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.3 mi in (~125 min). Leave by 4:57 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:30 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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
- White Dot–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 3 beaches 3.5 mi · ▲ 440 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
- Vernal Pool–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 6 sights 10.4 mi · ▲ 1,432 ft
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