Lake Skannatati at blue hour.jpg
Juliancolton · CC BY-SA 4.0

Lake Skannatati–Lake Askoti, 6 sights is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Harriman State Park near Arden, NY. The route passes Lake Askoti and Lake Skannatati. It climbs 494 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi922 – 1,152 ft · steepest grade: 15%6.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Long Path 41.24062, -74.10163
Nearest town Arden, NY

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Lake Skannatati–Lake Askoti, 6 sights

5.9 mi · ▲ 494 ft · 2 hr 13 min

Elevation 921–1,153 ft

Out & Back · Harriman State Park

Trailhead: Long Path · 41.24062, -74.10163

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:21 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Long Path, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftPass Lake Askoti.
  3. 50 ftPass Lake Skannatati.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 100 ftTurn right onto Lake Askoti Loop, heading NE.
  6. 0.1 miBear left onto Askoti-Tiorati Trail, heading E.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Lake Askoti Loop, heading NE.
  8. 0.5 miTurn right onto Rockhouse Mountain Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.5 miBear right onto Beech Trail, heading S.
  10. 1.1 miTurn right onto Long Path, heading S.
  11. 0.6 miReach Lake Skannatati, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.6 miTurn left onto Beech Trail, heading E.
  13. 1.1 miBear left onto Rockhouse Mountain Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.5 miTurn left onto Lake Askoti Loop, heading NW.
  15. 0.5 miBear left onto Askoti-Tiorati Trail, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto Lake Askoti Loop, heading SW.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  18. 150 ftTurn right onto Long Path, heading SW.
  19. 50 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

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:21 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

More from Long Path Trailhead