Nevele Falls–Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Viewpoint, 4 sights is a 13.7-mile out-and-back in Roosa Gap State Forest near Roosa Gap, NY. The route passes Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Viewpoint before reaching Nevele Falls at the turnaround, 6.8 miles in. It climbs 2,211 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Nevele Falls–Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Viewpoint, 4 sights
13.7 mi · ▲ 2,211 ft · 5 hr 40 min
Elevation 508–1,790 ft
Out & Back · Roosa Gap State Forest
Trailhead: Fire Tower Road · 41.61446, -74.42470
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Fire Tower Road, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path, heading N.
- 3.7 miPass Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Viewpoint.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Old Route 52, heading W.
- 2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 500 ftBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Nevele Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 2.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path, heading E.
- 4.2 miBear left onto Fire Tower Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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