Skytop Reservoir–Huguenot Drive, 6 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Mountain House Property near Mohonk Lake, NY. The route reaches Skytop Reservoir. It climbs 376 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,034 – 1,250 ft4.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Whitney Road 41.77928, -74.13663
Nearest town Mohonk Lake, NY
Directions
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Skytop Reservoir–Huguenot Drive, 6 sights
4 mi · ▲ 376 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Elevation 1,034–1,250 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Mountain House Property
Trailhead: Whitney Road · 41.77928, -74.13663
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Whitney Road, heading W.
- 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 S.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Kleine Kill Rd., heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Forest Drive, heading S.
- 0.4 miPass Skytop Reservoir.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Stage Road, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Forest Drive, heading S.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Home Farm Drive, heading W.
- 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 NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Forest Drive, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Old Stage Road, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Forest Drive, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Kleine Kill Rd., heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Huguenot Drive, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right onto Glen Anna Path, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto North Lookout Road, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Whitney Road, heading N.
- 0.6 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
91% gravel9% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:38 PM — 12 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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