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Skytop Reservoir–Bonticou Road, 9 sights is a 12.4-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Lawrenceville, NY. The route reaches Skytop Reservoir. It climbs 1,403 ft. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi466 – 1,250 ft13.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.82377, -74.09780
Nearest town Lawrenceville, NY

Directions

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Skytop Reservoir–Bonticou Road, 9 sights

12.4 mi · ▲ 1,403 ft · 4 hr 50 min

Elevation 465–1,250 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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 1.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Cedar Drive, heading SW.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left onto Crag Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miSharp right onto Bonticou Road, heading S.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Spring Farm Road, heading W.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading W.
  9. 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading SW.
  10. 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
  11. 200 ftTurn right onto Whitney Road, heading SW.
  12. 0.6 miContinue straight onto North Lookout Road, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miBear left onto Glen Anna Path, heading SW.
  14. 0.2 miBear left onto Huguenot Drive, heading SW.
  15. 250 ftContinue straight onto Kleine Kill Rd., heading W.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right onto Forest Drive, heading S.
  17. 0.4 miPass Skytop Reservoir.
  18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Old Stage Road, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftTurn right onto Forest Drive, heading SW.
  20. 300 ftContinue straight onto Home Farm Drive, heading SW.
  21. 0.1 miBear left onto Old Minnewaska Trail, heading W.
  22. 0.1 miReach Skytop Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  23. 0.1 miBear right onto Home Farm Drive, heading SW.
  24. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Forest Drive, heading W.
  25. 300 ftTurn left onto Old Stage Road, heading S.
  26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Forest Drive, heading S.
  27. 0.6 miTurn left onto Kleine Kill Rd., heading NE.
  28. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Huguenot Drive, heading NE.
  29. 250 ftBear right onto Glen Anna Path, heading NE.
  30. 0.2 miBear right onto North Lookout Road, heading NE.
  31. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Whitney Road, heading N.
  32. 0.6 miTurn left onto Spring Farm Road, heading NE.
  33. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  34. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading NE.
  35. 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading NE.
  36. 50 ftTurn right onto Bonticou Road, heading N.
  37. 0.2 miSharp left onto Crag Trail, heading NE.
  38. 0.3 miTurn right onto Cedar Drive, heading NE.
  39. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Table Rocks Trail, heading N.
  40. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  41. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  42. 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

53% gravel41% dirt6% 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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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