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Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Viewpoint–Old Route 52, 4 sights is a 13.3-mile out-and-back in Roosa Gap State Forest near Cragsmoor, NY. The route reaches Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Viewpoint. It climbs 2,011 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi581 – 1,791 ft · steepest grade: 27%13.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Route 52 41.69417, -74.39285
Nearest town Cragsmoor, NY

Directions

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Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Viewpoint–Old Route 52, 4 sights

13.3 mi · ▲ 2,011 ft · 5 hr 26 min

Elevation 579–1,790 ft

Out & Back · Roosa Gap State Forest

Trailhead: Old Route 52 · 41.69417, -74.39285

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

  1. Start on Old Route 52, heading SW.
  2. 2.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path, heading S.
  5. 0.4 miPass Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Viewpoint.
  6. 3.7 miTurn right onto Fire Tower Road, heading S.
  7. 100 ftReach Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 100 ftTurn left onto Shawangunk Ridge Trail/Long Path, heading S.
  9. 4.2 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miSharp right onto Old Route 52, heading NE.
  12. 2.1 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

5% dirt95% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:23 PM

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