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
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Table Rocks Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 400 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.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Cedar Drive Loop, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Ski Loop, heading E.
- 0.7 miReach Million Dollar View, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Cedar Drive Loop, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Cedar Drive, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Cedar Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 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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