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Shawangunk Ridge State Forest

Old Mountain Road

2.4 mi · ▲ 560 ft · 1 hr 5 min

Old Mountain Road is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Shawangunk Ridge State Forest near Cragsmoor, NY. It climbs 560 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi614 – 1,207 ft · steepest grade: 17%2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Mountain Road 41.66641, -74.40535
Nearest town Cragsmoor, NY
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Old Mountain Road

2.4 mi · ▲ 560 ft · 1 hr 5 min

Elevation 614–1,207 ft

Out & Back · Shawangunk Ridge State Forest

Trailhead: Old Mountain Road · 41.66641, -74.40535

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Old Mountain Road, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 1 miReach Old Mountain Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 0.3 miArrive 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-mountain-road-out-back-d1da

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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