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Huckleberry Ridge State Forest

Old ATV Viewpoint–Hawthorne Lake, 8 sights

7.9 mi · ▲ 1,633 ft · 3 hr 27 min

Old ATV Viewpoint–Hawthorne Lake, 8 sights is a 7.9-mile out-and-back in Huckleberry Ridge State Forest near Smith Corners, NY. The route passes Hawthorne Lake, Hawthorne Lake, Minisink Trail (Yellow) Viewpoint and 2 more. It climbs 1,633 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi518 – 1,273 ft · steepest grade: 20%8.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: White-Blazed Trail 41.37894, -74.62022
Nearest town Smith Corners, NY
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Old ATV Viewpoint–Hawthorne Lake, 8 sights

7.9 mi · ▲ 1,633 ft · 3 hr 27 min

Elevation 520–1,272 ft

Out & Back · Huckleberry Ridge State Forest

Trailhead: White-Blazed Trail · 41.37894, -74.62022

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on White-Blazed Trail, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Hawthorne Lake.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail (Blue), heading NW.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Lenape Ridge Trail (Red), heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miPass Hawthorne Lake.
  6. 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 0.9 miSharp right onto White/Red Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.3 miPass Minisink Trail (Yellow) Viewpoint.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Ridge Trail (red), heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Old ATV Trail, heading SW.
  11. 0.2 miPass Old ATV Viewpoint.
  12. 50 ftPass Heinlein Pond.
  13. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Minisink Trail (Yellow), heading SW.
  14. 50 ftReach Old ATV Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Old ATV Trail, heading SW.
  16. 1.3 miTurn left onto Lenape Ridge Trail (red), heading NE.
  17. 0.2 miContinue straight onto White/Red Trail, heading NE.
  18. 0.4 miSharp left onto Lenape Ridge Trail (Red), heading SE.
  19. 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
  20. 1.1 miTurn right onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail (Blue), heading SE.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right onto White-Blazed Trail, heading E.
  22. 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/old-atv-viewpoint-hawthorne-lake-out-back-10-sights

Trail surface

85% dirt15% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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