Mohonk Preserve
Million Dollar View–Vernal Pool, 4 sights
2.8 mi · ▲ 494 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Million Dollar View–Vernal Pool, 4 sights is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Mohonk Lake, NY. The route passes Million Dollar View before reaching Vernal Pool at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It climbs 494 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Million Dollar View–Vernal Pool, 4 sights
2.8 mi · ▲ 494 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Elevation 349–818 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve
Trailhead: Chapel Trail · 41.79181, -74.14161
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Chapel Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Table Rocks Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftPass Million Dollar View.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Cedar Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Cedar Drive, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Vernal Pool.
- 150 ftReach Million Dollar View, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Cedar Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.8 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:01 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:22 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:50 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Bonticou Crag–Chapel Trail, 3 sights 4 mi · ▲ 976 ft
- Koi Pond–Bonticou Road, 4 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,070 ft
- Bonticou Road–Chapel Trail, 6 sights 7 mi · ▲ 1,077 ft
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