Vernal Pool & Cedar Drive Loop
5.1 mi · ▲ 664 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Vernal Pool & Cedar Drive Loop is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Lawrenceville, NY. The route reaches Vernal Pool at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 664 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Vernal Pool & Cedar Drive Loop
5.1 mi · ▲ 664 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Elevation 465–838 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve
Trailhead: 41.82377, -74.09780
Weather Sep 8: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:20 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 miBear left onto Cedar Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Cedar Drive, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Cedar Drive Loop, heading E.
- 100 ftReach Vernal Pool, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Cedar Drive, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Cedar Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Table Rocks Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 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 (~24 min). Leave by 6:36 PM for the 7:20 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:56 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Cedar Drive 9.8 mi · ▲ 1,024 ft
- Cedar Drive 9.5 mi · ▲ 1,004 ft
- Cedar Drive 10 mi · ▲ 1,052 ft
- Cedar Drive 9.7 mi · ▲ 1,032 ft
- Bonticou Road–Cedar Drive, 6 sights 10.4 mi · ▲ 1,228 ft
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