Laurel Ledge Viewpoint–Sunset Rock, 8 sights is a 13.3-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near High Falls, NY. The route passes Shagbark Hickory, Laurel Ledge Viewpoint, Sunset Rock and Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach before reaching Welcome Boulder at the turnaround, 6.6 miles in. It climbs 1,189 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Laurel Ledge Viewpoint–Sunset Rock, 8 sights
13.3 mi · ▲ 1,189 ft · 5 hr 2 min
Elevation 652–1,114 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve
Trailhead: 41.79750, -74.12394
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Shagbark Hickory.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Spring Farm Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Cedar Drive, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left onto Spring Farm Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading SW.
- 1.4 miSharp right onto Old Glen Anna Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Rock Rift Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Rock Rift Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Rock Rift Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Cedar Drive, heading W.
- 350 ftBear left onto Mossy Brook Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Maple Path, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Sassafrass Path, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Maple Path, heading W.
- 100 ftPass Laurel Ledge Viewpoint.
- 150 ftBear right onto Laurel Ledge, heading SW.
- 0.1 miPass Sunset Rock.
- 50 ftPass Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Plateau Path, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Laurel Ledge, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Overcliff Carriage Road, heading S.
- 2.3 miPass Welcome Boulder.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Trapps Parking Access, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Trapps Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftReach Laurel Ledge Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Trapps Parking Access, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Overcliff Carriage Road, heading SW.
- 2.3 miSharp left onto Laurel Ledge, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Plateau Path, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Laurel Ledge, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Maple Path, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Sassafrass Path, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Maple Path, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 300 ftSharp left onto Mossy Brook Road, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Cedar Drive, heading NE.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Rock Rift Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rock Rift Trail, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear right onto Rock Rift Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Old Glen Anna Road, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Bonticou Road, heading SE.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Cedar Drive, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Spring Farm Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~18 min). Leave by 6:44 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM — 1 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Million Dollar View–Shagbark Hickory, 3 sights 1.6 mi · ▲ 240 ft
- Vernal Pool–Cedar Drive Loop, 3 sights 2 mi · ▲ 284 ft
- Bonticou Crag–Shagbark Hickory, 5 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 414 ft
- Guyot Hill–Shagbark Hickory, 7 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 537 ft
- Vernal Pool & Northeast Trail via Cedar Drive 2.4 mi · ▲ 371 ft
- Bonticou Road–Cedar Drive, 5 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 478 ft
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