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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 1.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Cedar Drive, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Crag Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Bonticou Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Spring Farm Road, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading W.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
- 200 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 W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Forest Drive, heading S.
- 0.4 miPass Skytop Reservoir.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Old Stage Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Forest Drive, heading SW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Home Farm Drive, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Old Minnewaska Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Skytop Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Home Farm Drive, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Forest Drive, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Old Stage Road, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Forest Drive, heading S.
- 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 NE.
- 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 left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Bonticou Road, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bonticou Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Crag Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Cedar Drive, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Table Rocks Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 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.
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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
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- Waterworks (Mohonk Preserve) Viewpoint 3.2 mi · ▲ 420 ft
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- Table Rocks Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 502 ft
- Table Rocks Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 502 ft
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