Huckleberry Ridge State Forest
Huckleberry Ridge State Forest Viewpoint–Long Viewpoint, 8 sights
7.2 mi · ▲ 1,263 ft · 3 hr 2 min
Huckleberry Ridge State Forest Viewpoint–Long Viewpoint, 8 sights is a 7.2-mile out-and-back in Huckleberry Ridge State Forest near Smith Corners, NY. The route passes Hawthorne Lake, Stone Beach, Scots Pine and Long Viewpoint before reaching Huckleberry Ridge State Forest Viewpoint at the turnaround, 3.5 miles in. It climbs 1,263 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Huckleberry Ridge State Forest Viewpoint–Long Viewpoint, 8 sights
7.2 mi · ▲ 1,263 ft · 3 hr 2 min
Elevation 655–1,311 ft
Out & Back · Huckleberry Ridge State Forest
Trailhead: White-Blazed Trail · 41.37894, -74.62022
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on White-Blazed Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Hawthorne Lake.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail (Blue), heading NW.
- 2.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Shinhollow Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Long Path, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Louis V. Mills Memorial Trail (White), heading S.
- 0.4 miPass Stone Beach.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftPass Scots Pine.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Long Path, heading S.
- 350 ftPass Long Viewpoint.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 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.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Louis V. Mills Memorial Trail (White), heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Long Path, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Shinhollow Road, heading N.
- 2.5 miTurn right onto White-Blazed Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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