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Mohonk Preserve

Skytop Reservoir–Bonticou Road, 7 sights

11.6 mi · ▲ 1,383 ft · 4 hr 33 min

Skytop Reservoir–Bonticou Road, 7 sights is an 11.6-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Lawrenceville, NY. The route reaches Skytop Reservoir. It climbs 1,383 ft. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi302 – 1,161 ft12.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.82462, -74.10613
Nearest town Lawrenceville, NY
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Skytop Reservoir–Bonticou Road, 7 sights

11.6 mi · ▲ 1,383 ft · 4 hr 33 min

Elevation 303–1,161 ft

Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve

Trailhead: 41.82462, -74.10613

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Table Rocks Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.9 miBear right onto Spring Farm Road, heading S.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Table Rocks Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Cedar Drive, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miBear left onto Spring Farm Road, heading S.
  7. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading SW.
  8. 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading S.
  9. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
  10. 150 ftTurn right onto Whitney Road, heading W.
  11. 0.6 miContinue straight onto North Lookout Road, heading SW.
  12. 500 ftBear left onto Glen Anna Path, heading SW.
  13. 0.2 miBear left onto Huguenot Drive, heading SW.
  14. 250 ftContinue straight onto Kleine Kill Rd., heading SW.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right onto Forest Drive, heading S.
  16. 0.4 miPass Skytop Reservoir.
  17. 200 ftBear left onto Duck Pond Trail, heading SW.
  18. 0.2 miBear right onto Oakwood Drive, heading SW.
  19. 0.4 miReach Skytop Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 0.4 miBear left onto Duck Pond Trail, heading N.
  21. 0.1 miBear right onto Forest Drive, heading N.
  22. 0.5 miTurn left onto Kleine Kill Rd., heading NE.
  23. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Huguenot Drive, heading NE.
  24. 250 ftBear right onto Glen Anna Path, heading E.
  25. 0.2 miBear right onto North Lookout Road, heading N.
  26. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Whitney Road, heading N.
  27. 0.6 miTurn left onto Spring Farm Road, heading NE.
  28. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  29. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading NE.
  30. 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading NE.
  31. 0.4 miBear right onto Cedar Drive, heading N.
  32. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Table Rocks Trail, heading N.
  33. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading N.
  34. 50 ftBear left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading N.
  35. 1.7 miArrive 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/skytop-reservoir-bonticou-road-out-back-7-sights-19-km-f6bb

Trail surface

58% gravel23% dirt19% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~35 min). Leave by 6:27 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:06 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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