Huckleberry Ridge State Forest

Scots Pine–Stone Beach, 5 sights

5.5 mi · ▲ 839 ft · 2 hr 15 min

Scots Pine–Stone Beach, 5 sights is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Huckleberry Ridge State Forest near Shin Hollow, NY. The route passes Stone Beach and Scots Pine. It climbs 839 ft. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi745 – 1,243 ft5.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Long Path 41.39296, -74.59916
Nearest town Shin Hollow, NY

Directions

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Scots Pine–Stone Beach, 5 sights

5.5 mi · ▲ 839 ft · 2 hr 15 min

Elevation 743–1,243 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

  1. Start on Long Path, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 50 ftPass Stone Beach.
  4. 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
  5. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 450 ftPass Scots Pine.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Louis V. Mills Memorial Trail (White), heading W.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left onto Long Path, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right onto Shinhollow Road, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail / Long Path (Aqua), heading NE.
  14. 1.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  15. 50 ftReach Scots Pine, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  17. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Shinhollow Road, heading SW.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  19. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Long Path, heading S.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right onto Louis V. Mills Memorial Trail (White), heading SE.
  22. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  23. 150 ftContinue straight onto Long Path, heading SE.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  25. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  27. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  28. 100 ftBear left, heading S.
  29. 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.

Trail surface

33% dirt67% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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