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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.

Elevation

0 mi509 – 1,791 ft · steepest grade: 29%14.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Fire Tower Road 41.61446, -74.42470
Nearest town Roosa Gap, NY

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Fire Tower Road, heading NW.
  3. 250 ftBear right onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path, heading N.
  4. 3.7 miPass Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Viewpoint.
  5. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miSharp right onto Old Route 52, heading W.
  8. 2 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 500 ftBear right, heading N.
  10. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftReach Nevele Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  15. 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
  16. 2.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path, heading E.
  19. 4.2 miBear left onto Fire Tower Road, heading S.
  20. 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.

Trail surface

5% dirt95% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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