Oak Tree–Duck Pond, 5 sights
8.1 mi · ▲ 599 ft · 3 hr
Oak Tree–Duck Pond, 5 sights is an 8.1-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve (Foothills) near New Paltz, NY. The route passes Duck Pond before reaching Oak Tree at the turnaround, 4.1 miles in. It climbs 599 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi180 – 663 ft8.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.75139, -74.09562
Nearest town New Paltz, NY
Directions
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Oak Tree–Duck Pond, 5 sights
8.1 mi · ▲ 599 ft · 3 hr
Elevation 181–662 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve (Foothills)
Trailhead: 41.75139, -74.09562
Weather Sep 8: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:20 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto River-to-Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 2.4 miTurn right onto Lenape Lane, heading SW.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Duck Pond Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Duck Pond Lenape Connector, heading SW.
- 250 ftPass Duck Pond.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Glory Hill Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Poison Ivy Path, heading N.
- 100 ftReach Oak Tree, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear left onto Glory Hill Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Duck Pond Lenape Connector, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Duck Pond Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Lenape Lane, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto River-to-Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 2.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 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 surface
94% gravel6% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:20 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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