Skytop Reservoir–Huguenot Drive, 6 sights is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Mountain House Property near Butterville, NY. The route reaches Skytop Reservoir at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 433 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,034 – 1,191 ft4.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.78095, -74.13375
Nearest town Butterville, NY
Directions
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Skytop Reservoir–Huguenot Drive, 6 sights
3.9 mi · ▲ 433 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Elevation 1,034–1,192 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Mountain House Property
Trailhead: 41.78095, -74.13375
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Whitney Road, heading S.
- 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 N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Kleine Kill Rd., heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Forest Drive, heading SW.
- 0.4 miPass Skytop Reservoir.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Stage Road, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Forest Drive, heading W.
- 300 ftReach Skytop Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Old Stage Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Forest Drive, heading SE.
- 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 left, heading NE.
- 0.1 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
86% gravel14% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:02 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:22 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:50 PM.
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