Old Route 52 is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Shawangunk Ridge State Forest near Cragsmoor, NY. It climbs 553 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi666 – 1,250 ft · steepest grade: 21%4.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.69234, -74.39409
Nearest town Cragsmoor, NY
Directions
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Old Route 52
4.5 mi · ▲ 553 ft · 1 hr 47 min
Elevation 665–1,250 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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Old Route 52, heading SW.
- 1.9 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Mountain Road, heading N.
- 450 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Old Route 52, heading W.
- 1.9 miBear right, heading N.
- 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
10% dirt90% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:23 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- South Gully Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 873 ft
- Old Route 52 4.3 mi · ▲ 395 ft
- Yellow Trail via Old Route 52 4.5 mi · ▲ 582 ft
- Old Mountain Road & Old Route 52 6.1 mi · ▲ 814 ft
- Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Viewpoint–Old Route 52, 4 sights 13.3 mi · ▲ 2,011 ft
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