Huckleberry Ridge State Forest
Shale Slope–Hawthorne Lake, 7 sights
7 mi · ▲ 1,306 ft · 2 hr 59 min
Shale Slope–Hawthorne Lake, 7 sights is a 7-mile out-and-back in Huckleberry Ridge State Forest near Smith Corners, NY. The route passes Hawthorne Lake, Stone Beach and Scots Pine before reaching Shale Slope at the turnaround, 3.5 miles in. It climbs 1,306 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Shale Slope–Hawthorne Lake, 7 sights
7 mi · ▲ 1,306 ft · 2 hr 59 min
Elevation 655–1,311 ft
Out & Back · Huckleberry Ridge State Forest
Trailhead: White-Blazed Trail · 41.37894, -74.62022
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on White-Blazed Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Hawthorne Lake.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail (Blue), heading NW.
- 2.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Shinhollow Road, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Long Path, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Louis V. Mills Memorial Trail (White), heading S.
- 0.4 miPass Stone Beach.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftPass Scots Pine.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Long Path, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftReach Shale Slope, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Louis V. Mills Memorial Trail (White), heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Long Path, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Shinhollow Road, heading NW.
- 2.5 miTurn right onto White-Blazed Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive 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
More from White-Blazed Trail Trailhead
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- Huckleberry Ridge State Forest Viewpoint–Long Viewpoint, 8 sights 7.2 mi · ▲ 1,263 ft
- Old ATV Viewpoint–Hawthorne Lake, 8 sights 7.9 mi · ▲ 1,633 ft
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