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Lower Ashokan Reservoir via Ashokan Rail Trail is a 13-mile out-and-back in Glenford Unit near West Hurley, NY. The route reaches Lower Ashokan Reservoir. It is mostly level, with 163 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi587 – 669 ft13.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ashokan Rail Trail 41.99415, -74.09426
Nearest town West Hurley, NY

Directions

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Lower Ashokan Reservoir via Ashokan Rail Trail

13 mi · ▲ 163 ft · 4 hr 25 min

Elevation 588–668 ft

Out & Back · Glenford Unit

Trailhead: Ashokan Rail Trail · 41.99415, -74.09426

Weather Sep 9: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:18 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Ashokan Rail Trail, heading W.
  2. 50 ftPass Lower Ashokan Reservoir.
  3. 5 miTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.5 miReach Lower Ashokan Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  8. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 5.4 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

77% gravel23% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:18 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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