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Mohonk Preserve

Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach & Mossy Brook Path via Cedar Drive

11 mi · ▲ 1,307 ft · 4 hr 19 min

Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach & Mossy Brook Path via Cedar Drive is an 11-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Lawrenceville, NY. The route reaches Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach at the turnaround, 5.5 miles in. It climbs 1,307 ft. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi466 – 1,168 ft11.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.82377, -74.09780
Nearest town Lawrenceville, NY
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Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach & Mossy Brook Path via Cedar Drive

11 mi · ▲ 1,307 ft · 4 hr 19 min

Elevation 465–1,168 ft

Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve

Trailhead: 41.82377, -74.09780

Weather Sep 8: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:20 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 1.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miBear right onto Spring Farm Road, heading S.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Table Rocks Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Cedar Drive, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miBear left onto Spring Farm Road, heading S.
  8. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading SW.
  9. 1.4 miSharp right onto Old Glen Anna Road, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading SW.
  11. 450 ftContinue straight onto Rock Rift Road, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Rock Rift Trail, heading SW.
  13. 400 ftContinue straight onto Rock Rift Road, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Cedar Drive, heading W.
  15. 400 ftBear left onto Mossy Brook Road, heading W.
  16. 400 ftBear left onto Mossy Brook Path, heading W.
  17. 0.5 miReach Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.5 miBear right onto Mossy Brook Road, heading N.
  19. 400 ftBear right onto Cedar Drive, heading N.
  20. 350 ftContinue straight onto Rock Rift Road, heading NE.
  21. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rock Rift Trail, heading N.
  22. 350 ftBear right onto Rock Rift Road, heading E.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading E.
  24. 450 ftContinue straight onto Old Glen Anna Road, heading E.
  25. 50 ftSharp left onto Bonticou Road, heading E.
  26. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading NE.
  27. 0.4 miBear right onto Cedar Drive, heading N.
  28. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Table Rocks Trail, heading N.
  29. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading NE.
  30. 50 ftBear left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading NE.
  31. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  32. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  33. 1.5 miArrive 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/mohonk-mountain-house-property-beach-mossy-brook-path-out-back

Trail surface

45% gravel41% dirt14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:20 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 6:37 PM for the 7:20 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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