Mohonk Preserve Viewpoint–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 3 beaches is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Rosendale, NY. The route passes Joppenbergh Mountain Beach before reaching Mohonk Preserve Viewpoint at the turnaround, 3.4 miles in. It climbs 769 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi69 – 410 ft · steepest grade: 16%7.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Fairview Avenue 41.84278, -74.08522
Nearest town Rosendale, NY
Directions
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Mohonk Preserve Viewpoint–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 3 beaches
6.7 mi · ▲ 769 ft · 2 hr 37 min
Elevation 70–410 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve
Trailhead: Fairview Avenue · 41.84278, -74.08522
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Fairview Avenue, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Joppenbergh Mountain Beach.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left onto Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lime Kiln Trail (Green), heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 1.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftReach Mohonk Preserve Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Fairview Avenue, heading NE.
- 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
49% dirt9% gravel4% grass1% paved37% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Fairview Avenue Trailhead
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- Waterworks (Mohonk Preserve) Viewpoint–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 3 beaches 4 mi · ▲ 549 ft
- White Dot–Wallkill Valley Rail Viewpoint, 5 viewpoints 6 mi · ▲ 461 ft
- Shagbark Hickory–Vernal Pool, 5 sights 9.2 mi · ▲ 1,378 ft
- Vernal Pool–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 4 sights 9.7 mi · ▲ 1,311 ft
- Bonticou Crag–Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach, 7 sights 14.4 mi · ▲ 1,829 ft
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