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Mohonk Preserve

Oak Tree–Duck Pond, 9 sights

8.1 mi · ▲ 1,252 ft · 3 hr 20 min

Oak Tree–Duck Pond, 9 sights is an 8.1-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near High Falls, NY. The route passes Skytop Reservoir, Duck Pond and Duck Pond before reaching Oak Tree at the turnaround, 4 miles in. It climbs 1,252 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi600 – 1,161 ft · steepest grade: 27%8.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Table Rocks Trail 41.79611, -74.12377
Nearest town High Falls, NY
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Oak Tree–Duck Pond, 9 sights

8.1 mi · ▲ 1,252 ft · 3 hr 20 min

Elevation 600–1,161 ft

Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve

Trailhead: Table Rocks Trail · 41.79611, -74.12377

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftSharp right onto Spring Farm Road, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Cedar Drive, heading SW.
  4. 150 ftBear left onto Spring Farm Road, heading SW.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading S.
  6. 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading S.
  7. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
  8. 150 ftTurn right onto Whitney Road, heading SW.
  9. 0.6 miContinue straight onto North Lookout Road, heading SW.
  10. 0.1 miBear left onto Glen Anna Path, heading SW.
  11. 0.2 miBear left onto Huguenot Drive, heading S.
  12. 250 ftContinue straight onto Kleine Kill Rd., heading S.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right onto Forest Drive, heading S.
  14. 0.4 miPass Skytop Reservoir.
  15. 150 ftBear left onto Duck Pond Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.6 miPass Duck Pond.
  17. 50 ftBear right onto Duck Pond Connector, heading SE.
  18. 0.2 miPass Duck Pond.
  19. 50 ftTurn right onto Glory Hill Road, heading S.
  20. 0.1 miBear right onto Poison Ivy Path, heading S.
  21. 150 ftReach Oak Tree, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 100 ftBear left onto Glory Hill Road, heading S.
  23. 0.1 miTurn left onto Duck Pond Connector, heading S.
  24. 0.2 miBear left onto Duck Pond Trail, heading N.
  25. 0.7 miBear right onto Forest Drive, heading NW.
  26. 0.5 miTurn left onto Kleine Kill Rd., heading NE.
  27. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Huguenot Drive, heading NE.
  28. 250 ftBear right onto Glen Anna Path, heading NE.
  29. 0.2 miBear right onto North Lookout Road, heading N.
  30. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Whitney Road, heading N.
  31. 0.6 miTurn left onto Spring Farm Road, heading NE.
  32. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  33. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading NE.
  34. 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading NE.
  35. 0.4 miBear right onto Cedar Drive, heading N.
  36. 100 ftTurn left onto Spring Farm Road, heading N.
  37. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
  38. 50 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/oak-tree-duck-pond-out-back-10-sights-13-km-0388

Trail surface

73% gravel22% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 6:51 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:43 PM — 7 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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