Huckleberry Ridge State Forest
Scots Pine–Stone Beach, 5 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 660 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Scots Pine–Stone Beach, 5 sights is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Huckleberry Ridge State Forest near Shin Hollow, NY. The route passes Stone Beach and Scots Pine. It climbs 660 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Scots Pine–Stone Beach, 5 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 660 ft · 1 hr 22 min
Elevation 703–1,229 ft
Out & Back · Huckleberry Ridge State Forest
Trailhead: Long Path · 41.39296, -74.59916
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Long Path, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Stone Beach.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 500 ftPass Scots Pine.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Louis V. Mills Memorial Trail (White), heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Long Path, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Shinhollow Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach Scots Pine, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Long Path, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Louis V. Mills Memorial Trail (White), heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Long Path, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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