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Mohonk Preserve

Vernal Pool–Cedar Drive Loop, 3 sights

2 mi · ▲ 284 ft · 49 min

Vernal Pool–Cedar Drive Loop, 3 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near High Falls, NY. The route reaches Vernal Pool. It climbs 284 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi686 – 837 ft · steepest grade: 17%2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Table Rocks Trail 41.79611, -74.12377
Nearest town High Falls, NY
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Vernal Pool–Cedar Drive Loop, 3 sights

2 mi · ▲ 284 ft · 49 min

Elevation 684–838 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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Table Rocks Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Cedar Trail, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Cedar Drive, heading E.
  5. 150 ftPass Vernal Pool.
  6. 150 ftTurn left onto Cedar Drive Loop, heading NE.
  7. 100 ftTurn right onto Ski Loop, heading NE.
  8. 0.7 miReach Vernal Pool, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.7 miTurn left onto Cedar Drive Loop, heading W.
  10. 100 ftTurn right onto Cedar Drive, heading W.
  11. 250 ftTurn right onto Cedar Trail, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto Table Rocks Trail, heading SW.
  13. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/vernal-pool-vernal-pool-out-back-4-sights-3-km

Trail surface

24% dirt8% gravel68% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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