Mohonk Preserve
Vernal Pool & Northeast Trail via Cedar Drive
2.4 mi · ▲ 371 ft · 59 min
Vernal Pool & Northeast Trail via Cedar Drive is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near High Falls, NY. The route reaches Vernal Pool. It climbs 371 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Vernal Pool & Northeast Trail via Cedar Drive
2.4 mi · ▲ 371 ft · 59 min
Elevation 668–946 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve
Trailhead: Table Rocks Trail · 41.79611, -74.12377
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Table Rocks Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Spring Farm Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Clearwater Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Northeast Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Cedar Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Cedar Drive, heading N.
- 250 ftPass Vernal Pool.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Cedar Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading N.
- 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.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~20 min). Leave by 6:42 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Table Rocks Trail Trailhead
- Million Dollar View–Shagbark Hickory, 3 sights 1.6 mi · ▲ 240 ft
- Vernal Pool–Cedar Drive Loop, 3 sights 2 mi · ▲ 284 ft
- Bonticou Crag–Shagbark Hickory, 5 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 414 ft
- Guyot Hill–Shagbark Hickory, 7 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 537 ft
- Bonticou Road–Cedar Drive, 5 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 478 ft
- Cedar Drive 2.8 mi · ▲ 401 ft
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