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New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Lands

Mine Trail & Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest Upper O&W Rail Trail

4.4 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Mine Trail & Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest Upper O&W Rail Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Lands near Summitville, NY. It climbs 288 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi541 – 830 ft · steepest grade: 24%4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest Upper O&W Rail Trail 41.61921, -74.45046
Nearest town Summitville, NY
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Mine Trail & Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest Upper O&W Rail Trail

4.4 mi · ▲ 288 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Elevation 542–831 ft

Out & Back · New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Lands

Trailhead: Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest Upper O&W Rail Trail · 41.61921, -74.45046

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest Upper O&W Rail Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  3. 1.7 miTurn left onto Mine Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miReach Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest Upper O&W Rail Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right onto Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest Upper O&W Rail Trail, heading NW.
  6. 1.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  7. 0.4 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/wurtsboro-ridge-state-forest-upper-o-w-rail-trail-out-back-10-km-94da

Trail surface

94% dirt6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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