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Old Route 52 is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Shawangunk Ridge State Forest near Cragsmoor, NY. It climbs 395 ft. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi666 – 1,066 ft4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.69234, -74.39409
Nearest town Cragsmoor, NY

Directions

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Old Route 52

4.3 mi · ▲ 395 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 665–1,067 ft

Out & Back · Shawangunk Ridge State Forest

Trailhead: 41.69234, -74.39409

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftBear left onto Old Route 52, heading SW.
  3. 1.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miReach Old Route 52, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  6. 1.9 miBear right, heading NE.
  7. 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

100% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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