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Huckleberry Ridge State Forest

Old ATV Viewpoint–Minisink Trail (Yellow) Viewpoint, 14 sights

15.3 mi · ▲ 2,970 ft · 6 hr 35 min

Old ATV Viewpoint–Minisink Trail (Yellow) Viewpoint, 14 sights is a 15.3-mile out-and-back in Huckleberry Ridge State Forest near Shin Hollow, NY. The route passes Stone Beach, Scots Pine, Hawthorne Lake and 3 more before reaching Snyder Pond at the turnaround, 7.7 miles in. It climbs 2,970 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi518 – 1,312 ft · steepest grade: 25%16.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Long Path 41.39296, -74.59916
Nearest town Shin Hollow, NY
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Old ATV Viewpoint–Minisink Trail (Yellow) Viewpoint, 14 sights

15.3 mi · ▲ 2,970 ft · 6 hr 35 min

Elevation 520–1,311 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. 0.2 miSharp left onto Shinhollow Road, heading N.
  13. 2.4 miTurn right onto Lenape Ridge Trail (Red), heading S.
  14. 500 ftPass Hawthorne Lake.
  15. 1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 0.9 miSharp right onto White/Red Trail, heading SW.
  17. 0.3 miPass Minisink Trail (Yellow) Viewpoint.
  18. 250 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Ridge Trail (red), heading NW.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right onto Old ATV Trail, heading N.
  20. 0.2 miPass Old ATV Viewpoint.
  21. 50 ftPass Heinlein Pond.
  22. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Minisink Trail (Yellow), heading SW.
  23. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lenape Ridge Trail (red+yellow), heading SW.
  24. 0.1 miPass Snyder Pond.
  25. 300 ftReach Old ATV Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  26. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Minisink Trail (Yellow), heading S.
  27. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old ATV Trail, heading SW.
  28. 1.3 miTurn left onto Lenape Ridge Trail (red), heading NE.
  29. 0.2 miContinue straight onto White/Red Trail, heading NE.
  30. 0.4 miSharp left onto Lenape Ridge Trail (Red), heading NE.
  31. 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
  32. 1.1 miTurn left onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail (Blue), heading NE.
  33. 2.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  34. 150 ftContinue straight onto Shinhollow Road, heading NE.
  35. 0.1 miSharp right onto Long Path, heading NE.
  36. 0.5 miTurn right onto Louis V. Mills Memorial Trail (White), heading N.
  37. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  38. 200 ftContinue straight onto Long Path, heading SE.
  39. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  40. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  41. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  42. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  43. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  44. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/shale-slope-out-back

Trail surface

84% dirt16% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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