Spy Rock–Jims Pond, 4 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 720 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Spy Rock–Jims Pond, 4 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back near Mountainville, NY. The route passes Jims Pond before reaching Spy Rock at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It climbs 720 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,030 – 1,447 ft · steepest grade: 21%5.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Mine Hill Trail 41.40223, -74.04708
Nearest town Mountainville, NY
Directions
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Spy Rock–Jims Pond, 4 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 720 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Elevation 1,029–1,447 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Mine Hill Trail · 41.40223, -74.04708
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:21 PM
- Start on Mine Hill Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Sackett Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Stillman Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Hall Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Sutherland Pond Road, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Jim's Pond Road, heading S.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Arthur Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Scenic Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miPass Jims Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach Spy Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Arthur Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Jim's Pond Road, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear right onto Sutherland Pond Road, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Hall Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Stillman Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Sackett Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Mine Hill Trail, heading NE.
- 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
2% gravel98% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:21 PM
More from Mine Hill Trail Trailhead
- Sphagnum Pond–Sutherland Pond, 5 sights 3.6 mi · ▲ 740 ft
- Arthur Trail–Sackett Trail, 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 504 ft
- Continental Road & Sackett Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 1,143 ft
- Jims Pond–Sackett Trail, 4 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 523 ft
- Tamarack Pond–Chatfield Trail, 4 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 749 ft
- Sackett Trail–Scenic Trail, 3 sights 6.4 mi · ▲ 1,053 ft
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