Table Rocks–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 4 sights is a 9.7-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Binnewater, NY. The route passes Joppenbergh Mountain Beach before reaching Table Rocks at the turnaround, 4.9 miles in. It climbs 1,351 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi43 – 771 ft · steepest grade: 30%10.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Wallkill Valley Rail Trail 41.85656, -74.08567
Nearest town Binnewater, NY
Directions
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Table Rocks–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 4 sights
9.7 mi · ▲ 1,351 ft · 3 hr 55 min
Elevation 44–772 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve
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
- Start on Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miPass Joppenbergh Mountain Beach.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lime Kiln Trail (Green), heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Table Rocks Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miReach Table Rocks, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lime Kiln Trail (Green), heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Rosendale Trestle, 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.
Trail surface
62% dirt24% gravel2% other12% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.4 mi in (~102 min). Leave by 5:20 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:06 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Wallkill Valley Rail Trail Trailhead
- Fourth Lake & Fifth Lake via Wallkill Valley Rail Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 120 ft
- Joppenbergh Mountain Viewpoint & Joppenbergh Mountain Beach via Joppenbergh Mountain Loop 2.5 mi · ▲ 474 ft
- White Dot–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 3 beaches 3.5 mi · ▲ 440 ft
- Flooded Mine–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 3 beaches 5.8 mi · ▲ 403 ft
- Joppenbergh Mountain Beach–Lime Kiln Trail (Green), 3 sights 10 mi · ▲ 1,140 ft
- Vernal Pool–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 6 sights 10.4 mi · ▲ 1,432 ft
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