Skytop–Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach, 8 sights is an 11.7-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Lawrenceville, NY. The route passes Skytop Reservoir, Skytop Reservoir and Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach before reaching Skytop at the turnaround, 5.8 miles in. It climbs 1,705 ft, with sections as steep as 37% grade. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi466 – 1,513 ft · steepest grade: 37%12.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.82377, -74.09780
Nearest town Lawrenceville, NY
Directions
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Skytop–Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach, 8 sights
11.7 mi · ▲ 1,705 ft · 4 hr 45 min
Elevation 465–1,513 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve
Trailhead: 41.82377, -74.09780
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Spring Farm Road, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Table Rocks Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Cedar Drive, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Spring Farm Road, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Whitney Road, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto North Lookout Road, heading SW.
- 500 ftBear left onto Glen Anna Path, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Huguenot Drive, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Kleine Kill Rd., heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Forest Drive, heading S.
- 0.4 miPass Skytop Reservoir.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Birchen Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Skytop Reservoir.
- 50 ftPass Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach.
- 300 ftTurn right onto The Labyrinth, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Skytop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Staircliff Path, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Forest Drive, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Kleine Kill Rd., heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Huguenot Drive, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Glen Anna Path, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto North Lookout Road, heading N.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Whitney Road, heading N.
- 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 NE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Cedar Drive, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Table Rocks Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.5 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
50% gravel39% dirt11% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 6:38 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:57 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- White Dot & Flooded Mine 2.2 mi · ▲ 220 ft
- Waterworks (Mohonk Preserve) Viewpoint 3.2 mi · ▲ 420 ft
- Flooded Mine & Lime Kiln Trail (Green) via Wallkill Valley Rail Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 399 ft
- Table Rocks Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 502 ft
- Table Rocks Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 502 ft
- Joppenbergh Mountain Viewpoint–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 3 beaches 4.2 mi · ▲ 833 ft
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