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Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest

Mine Trail & Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path

5.8 mi · ▲ 1,945 ft · 2 hr 54 min

Mine Trail & Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest near Roosa Gap, NY. It climbs 1,945 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi830 – 1,644 ft · steepest grade: 33%6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Fire Tower Road 41.61670, -74.42541
Nearest town Roosa Gap, NY
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Mine Trail & Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path

5.8 mi · ▲ 1,945 ft · 2 hr 54 min

Elevation 831–1,644 ft

Out & Back · Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest

Trailhead: Fire Tower Road · 41.61670, -74.42541

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Fire Tower Road, heading NW.
  2. 400 ftBear left onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path, heading SW.
  3. 2.3 miBear left onto Mine Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 0.4 miReach Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  10. 0.1 miBear right onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path, heading NE.
  11. 2.3 miBear right onto Fire Tower Road, heading NE.
  12. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mine-trail-shawangunk-ridge-trail-long-path-out-back

Trail surface

7% dirt93% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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