Vernal Pool–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 4 sights is a 9.7-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Rosendale, NY. The route passes Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, Vernal Pool and Vernal Pool. It climbs 1,311 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi69 – 791 ft10.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Fairview Avenue 41.84278, -74.08522
Nearest town Rosendale, NY
Directions
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Vernal Pool–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 4 sights
9.7 mi · ▲ 1,311 ft · 3 hr 53 min
Elevation 70–792 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.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Vernal Pool.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Spring Farm Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Ski Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Vernal Pool.
- 200 ftSharp left onto Ski Loop, heading S.
- 0.6 miReach Vernal Pool, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Ski Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Spring Farm Road, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Table Rocks Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.5 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 NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Fairview Avenue, heading NE.
- 350 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
60% dirt6% gravel3% grass1% paved30% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~82 min). Leave by 5:40 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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
- Mohonk Preserve Viewpoint–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 3 beaches 6.7 mi · ▲ 769 ft
- Shagbark Hickory–Vernal Pool, 5 sights 9.2 mi · ▲ 1,378 ft
- Bonticou Crag–Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach, 7 sights 14.4 mi · ▲ 1,829 ft
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