White Dot–Wallkill Valley Rail Viewpoint, 5 viewpoints is an 8-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Lawrenceville, NY. The route passes White Dot, Flooded Mine, Joppenbergh Mountain Beach and 3 more. It climbs 812 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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White Dot–Wallkill Valley Rail Viewpoint, 5 viewpoints
8 mi · ▲ 812 ft · 3 hr 4 min
Elevation 163–772 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve
Trailhead: 41.82377, -74.09780
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Closed, heading N.
- 50 ftPass White Dot.
- 50 ftPass Flooded Mine.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Lime Kiln Trail (Green), heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Joppenbergh Mountain Beach.
- 50 ftBear left onto Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 100 ftPass Joppenbergh Mountain Beach.
- 50 ftReach White Dot, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Lime Kiln Trail (Green), heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miPass Flooded Mine.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miPass Wallkill Valley Rail Viewpoint.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Clearwater Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Table Rocks Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.6 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 (~26 min). Leave by 6:36 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:56 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- White Dot & Flooded Mine 2.2 mi · ▲ 220 ft
- Waterworks (Mohonk Preserve) Viewpoint 3.2 mi · ▲ 420 ft
- Flooded Mine & Lime Kiln Trail (Green) via Wallkill Valley Rail Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 399 ft
- Table Rocks Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 502 ft
- Table Rocks Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 502 ft
- Joppenbergh Mountain Viewpoint–Joppenbergh Mountain Beach, 3 beaches 4.2 mi · ▲ 833 ft
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