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Willowemoc Wild Forest

4WD Sunset Point–Hodge Pond, 7 sights

14.5 mi · ▲ 2,344 ft · 6 hr

4WD Sunset Point–Hodge Pond, 7 sights is a 14.5-mile out-and-back in Willowemoc Wild Forest near Grooville, NY. The route passes Orchard Lake, Quick Lake and Hodge Pond before reaching 4WD Sunset Point at the turnaround, 7.2 miles in. It climbs 2,344 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 92/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,011 – 3,038 ft · steepest grade: 16%14.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Powerline trail 41.96288, -74.75907
Nearest town Grooville, NY
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4WD Sunset Point–Hodge Pond, 7 sights

14.5 mi · ▲ 2,344 ft · 6 hr

Elevation 2,012–3,039 ft

Out & Back · Willowemoc Wild Forest

Trailhead: Powerline trail · 41.96288, -74.75907

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

  1. Start on Powerline trail, heading W.
  2. 50 ftPass Orchard Lake.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  4. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 1.4 miPass Quick Lake.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto Quick Lake Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 3.3 miBear left onto Flynn Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.5 miPass Hodge Pond.
  10. 200 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miSharp left onto Beech Mountain Road, heading S.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left onto 4WD Road, heading NE.
  13. 250 ftTurn left onto Private Road, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftTurn right onto 4WD Road, heading E.
  15. 0.5 miReach 4WD Sunset Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left onto Private Road, heading S.
  17. 50 ftTurn right onto 4WD Road, heading S.
  18. 250 ftTurn right onto Beech Mountain Road, heading W.
  19. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
  20. 0.3 miSharp right onto Flynn Trail, heading SW.
  21. 0.5 miBear right onto Quick Lake Trail, heading NW.
  22. 2.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  23. 0.9 miTurn left, heading SW.
  24. 1.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  25. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  26. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Powerline trail, heading E.
  27. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/hodge-pond-out-back

Trail surface

15% dirt85% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.8 mi in (~86 min). Leave by 5:38 PM for the 7:24 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:00 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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