Sentinel Rock–Mohonk Lake, 11 sights is a 7.9-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Mohonk Lake, NY. The route passes Mohonk Lake, Vernal Pool and Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach before reaching Sentinel Rock at the turnaround, 3.9 miles in. It climbs 1,308 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi348 – 1,371 ft · steepest grade: 23%8.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Chapel Trail 41.79181, -74.14161
Nearest town Mohonk Lake, NY
Directions
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Sentinel Rock–Mohonk Lake, 11 sights
7.9 mi · ▲ 1,308 ft · 3 hr 17 min
Elevation 349–1,372 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve
Trailhead: Chapel Trail · 41.79181, -74.14161
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Chapel Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Table Rocks Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Crag Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Bonticou Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Spring Farm Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Whitney Road, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto North Lookout Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Glen Anna Path, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Huguenot Drive, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Fox Path, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Huguenot Drive, heading W.
- 0.2 miPass Mohonk Lake.
- 50 ftPass Vernal Pool.
- 50 ftPass Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Pinkster Path, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Huguenot Drive, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lake Shore Road, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Sentinel Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Huguenot Drive, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Pinkster Path, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Huguenot Drive, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Fox Path, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Huguenot Drive, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Glen Anna Path, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto North Lookout Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Whitney Road, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Spring Farm Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bonticou Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Crag Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.8 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
53% gravel33% dirt2% grass12% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:01 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:22 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:50 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Chapel Trail Trailhead
- Million Dollar View–Vernal Pool, 4 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 494 ft
- Guyot Hill–Bonticou Road, 6 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 881 ft
- Bonticou Crag–Chapel Trail, 3 sights 4 mi · ▲ 976 ft
- Koi Pond–Bonticou Road, 4 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,070 ft
- Bonticou Road–Chapel Trail, 6 sights 7 mi · ▲ 1,077 ft
- Cedar Drive–Chapel Trail, 3 sights 7.1 mi · ▲ 810 ft
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