AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Fourth Lake & Fifth Lake via Wallkill Valley Rail Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 120 ft · 52 min

Fourth Lake & Fifth Lake via Wallkill Valley Rail Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back near Binnewater, NY. The route passes Fifth Lake before reaching Fourth Lake at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 120 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi207 – 276 ft2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Wallkill Valley Rail Trail 41.85656, -74.08567
Nearest town Binnewater, NY
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Fourth Lake & Fifth Lake via Wallkill Valley Rail Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 120 ft · 52 min

Elevation 208–275 ft

Out & Back

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

  1. Start on Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miPass Fifth Lake.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  4. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  5. 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
  6. 400 ftReach Fourth Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 400 ftBear left, heading NE.
  8. 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/fourth-lake-fifth-lake-out-back-4-km

Trail surface

68% gravel4% dirt28% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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