Skytop Reservoir–Bonticou Road, 7 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Mountain House Property near Butterville, NY. The route reaches Skytop Reservoir at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 585 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi929 – 1,171 ft5.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Bonticou Path 41.77964, -74.12520
Nearest town Butterville, NY
Directions
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Skytop Reservoir–Bonticou Road, 7 sights
4.8 mi · ▲ 585 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 928–1,171 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Mountain House Property
Trailhead: Bonticou Path · 41.77964, -74.12520
Weather Sep 10: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:18 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Northeast Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Bonticou Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left onto Spring Farm Road, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Whitney Road, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto North Lookout Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Glen Anna Path, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Huguenot Drive, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Kleine Kill Rd., heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Forest Drive, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Old Stage Road, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Skytop Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Forest Drive, heading W.
- 0.6 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 N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto North Lookout Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Whitney Road, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Spring Farm Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Bonticou Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right onto Northeast Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 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
65% gravel3% dirt32% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:18 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 6:41 PM for the 7:18 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:45 PM — 2 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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