Huckleberry Ridge State Forest
Huckleberry Ridge State Forest Viewpoint–Long Viewpoint, 5 viewpoints
4.4 mi · ▲ 852 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Huckleberry Ridge State Forest Viewpoint–Long Viewpoint, 5 viewpoints is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Huckleberry Ridge State Forest near Shin Hollow, NY. The route passes Stone Beach, Scots Pine and Long Viewpoint before reaching Huckleberry Ridge State Forest Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 852 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Huckleberry Ridge State Forest Viewpoint–Long Viewpoint, 5 viewpoints
4.4 mi · ▲ 852 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 831–1,237 ft
Out & Back · Huckleberry Ridge State Forest
Trailhead: 41.40512, -74.59524
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Shinhollow Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Long Path, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Louis V. Mills Memorial Trail (White), heading E.
- 0.4 miPass Stone Beach.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftPass Scots Pine.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Long Path, heading S.
- 350 ftPass Long Viewpoint.
- 100 ftBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Huckleberry Ridge State Forest Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Louis V. Mills Memorial Trail (White), heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Long Path, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Shinhollow Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.9 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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More from this trailhead
- Shinhollow Road 2.3 mi · ▲ 482 ft
- Shinhollow Road 3 mi · ▲ 566 ft
- Shale Slope–Scots Pine, 4 beaches 4.2 mi · ▲ 881 ft
- Shawangunk Ridge Trail / Long Path (Aqua) 4.5 mi · ▲ 628 ft
- Heinlein Pond–Hawthorne Lake, 6 sights 12.7 mi · ▲ 2,530 ft
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