Mohonk Preserve

Million Dollar View–Vernal Pool, 5 sights

2.5 mi · ▲ 349 ft · 1 hr

Million Dollar View–Vernal Pool, 5 sights is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near High Falls, NY. The route passes Million Dollar View and Vernal Pool. It climbs 349 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi659 – 837 ft · steepest grade: 18%2.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Chapel Trail 41.79465, -74.12848
Nearest town High Falls, NY

Directions

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Million Dollar View–Vernal Pool, 5 sights

2.5 mi · ▲ 349 ft · 1 hr

Elevation 659–838 ft

Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve

Trailhead: Chapel Trail · 41.79465, -74.12848

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 150 ftTurn right onto Table Rocks Trail, heading E.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  5. 400 ftPass Million Dollar View.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right onto Cedar Trail, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Cedar Drive, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftPass Vernal Pool.
  9. 250 ftTurn left onto Cedar Drive Loop, heading E.
  10. 100 ftTurn right onto Ski Loop, heading E.
  11. 0.7 miReach Million Dollar View, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.7 miTurn left onto Cedar Drive Loop, heading SW.
  13. 100 ftTurn right onto Cedar Drive, heading SW.
  14. 250 ftTurn right onto Cedar Trail, heading W.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  17. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  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

38% dirt7% gravel55% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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