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Mohonk Lake–Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach, 7 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Mountain House Property near Mohonk Lake, NY. The route passes Skytop Reservoir, Skytop Reservoir and Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach before reaching Mohonk Lake at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 856 ft, with sections as steep as 41% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,034 – 1,476 ft · steepest grade: 41%4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Golf Course Connector 41.77855, -74.13472
Nearest town Mohonk Lake, NY

Directions

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Mohonk Lake–Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach, 7 sights

4 mi · ▲ 856 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Elevation 1,034–1,475 ft

Out & Back · Mohonk Mountain House Property

Trailhead: Golf Course Connector · 41.77855, -74.13472

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Spring Farm Road, heading NW.
  2. 300 ftBear left onto Whitney Road, heading NW.
  3. 0.6 miContinue straight onto North Lookout Road, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miBear left onto Glen Anna Path, heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miBear left onto Huguenot Drive, heading SW.
  6. 250 ftContinue straight onto Kleine Kill Rd., heading S.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto Forest Drive, heading SW.
  8. 0.4 miSharp right onto Birchen Trail, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftPass Skytop Reservoir.
  10. 0.2 miPass Skytop Reservoir.
  11. 50 ftPass Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach.
  12. 100 ftTurn right onto The Labyrinth, heading W.
  13. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  14. 350 ftTurn right onto Lake Shore Road, heading N.
  15. 250 ftReach Mohonk Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
  17. 350 ftBear right onto The Labyrinth, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftTurn left onto Staircliff Path, heading NW.
  19. 0.2 miSharp left onto Forest Drive, heading E.
  20. 0.4 miTurn left onto Kleine Kill Rd., heading NE.
  21. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Huguenot Drive, heading NE.
  22. 250 ftBear right onto Glen Anna Path, heading N.
  23. 0.2 miBear right onto North Lookout Road, heading N.
  24. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Whitney Road, heading SE.
  25. 0.6 miBear right onto Spring Farm Road, heading N.
  26. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

74% gravel3% dirt23% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:00 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:39 PM — 11 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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