Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest

Old Turnpike Trail & Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path

9.6 mi · ▲ 2,342 ft · 4 hr 22 min

Old Turnpike Trail & Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path is a 9.6-mile out-and-back in Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest near High View, NY. It climbs 2,342 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi709 – 1,411 ft · steepest grade: 21%9.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest Upper O&W Rail Trail 41.56659, -74.46761
Nearest town High View, NY

Directions

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Old Turnpike Trail & Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path

9.6 mi · ▲ 2,342 ft · 4 hr 22 min

Elevation 708–1,411 ft

Out & Back · Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest

Trailhead: Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest Upper O&W Rail Trail · 41.56659, -74.46761

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest Upper O&W Rail Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path, heading NE.
  3. 1.7 miTurn left onto Crane Trail, heading N.
  4. 50 ftSharp right onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path, heading N.
  5. 1.8 miTurn right onto Old Turnpike Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.6 miReach Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.6 miTurn left onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path, heading NW.
  8. 1.8 miSharp left onto Crane Trail, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path, heading S.
  10. 1.7 miContinue straight onto Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest Upper O&W Rail Trail, heading SW.
  11. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

14% dirt86% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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