Wallkill Valley Rail Viewpoint–Flooded Mine, 4 beaches is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Snyder Mine Drive Parcel near Rosendale, NY. The route passes Joppenbergh Mountain Beach and Flooded Mine before reaching Wallkill Valley Rail Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 140 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi69 – 220 ft · steepest grade: 21%3.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Fairview Avenue 41.84278, -74.08522
Nearest town Rosendale, NY
Directions
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Wallkill Valley Rail Viewpoint–Flooded Mine, 4 beaches
3.1 mi · ▲ 140 ft · 1 hr 6 min
Elevation 70–220 ft
Out & Back · Snyder Mine Drive Parcel
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 onto Lime Kiln Trail (Green), heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Flooded Mine.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miReach Wallkill Valley Rail Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Lime Kiln Trail (Green), heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Fairview Avenue, heading N.
- 0.1 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
63% gravel8% grass1% paved1% dirt27% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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