ABOUT THE PARK:
Minisink Battleground Park - Sullivan County, NY
Minisink Battleground Park - Minisink Valley Historical Society
Trails of the Upper Delaware River Valley - National Park Service
DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates 41.487069, -74.970041
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| Minisink Battleground Park parking lot. |
TRAIL MAP:
Orientation Map - Minisink Valley Hisorical Society
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| The trails are not blazed but intersections are all marked. I colored the trails on the map to better distinguish them. |
HIKE DISTANCES:
These three hikes all done in one day along with a scenic drive from one to the other.
Mongaup Valley WMA, NY - Mongaup River Trail - 2.3 miles
drive 8.3 miles/20 minutes to Plank Road Viewing Area (41.52152, -74.76094)
drive 4.1 miles/9 minutes to Route 43 Viewing Area (41.55491, -74.78505)
drive 16.2 miles/26 minutes to
Minisink Battleground Park, NY - 2 miles
drive 24 miles/41 minutes to
Huckleberry Ridge State Forest, NY (not part of the Upper Delaware NPS trails) - 4.3 miles
THE HIKE:
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| Head towards the Interpretive Center to access the trails. |
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| I turned right to start on the Battleground Trail which leads to the Woodland Trail. The Quarry Trail was my return route. |
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| Left on the Woodland Trail a short distance ahead. |
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| This is about what all of the trails look like. |
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| There is gravel must mostly covered with moss. |
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| Very easy on the paws. |
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| Trails intersections have signs but they can be a little confusing. This looks like it's a connector trail to the Battleground Trail on the map but we stayed on the Woodland Trail. |
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| On to the Rockshelter Loop. |
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| From the Rockshelter Trail back to continue a short distance on the Woodland Trail to the Battlefield Trail. |
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| Hospital Rock |
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| On to Sentinel Rock. |
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| Sentinel Rock |
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| The Battlefield Trail continues on to the Minsink Monument. |
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| Take one of the connector trails (hand drawn in on the map above) back to the Battlefield Trail ... |
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| ... Old Quarry Trail. |
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| Indian Rock at the beginning of the Old Quarry Trail. |
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| Old Quarry Trail |
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| The end of the Old Quarry Trail back at the interpretive center. |
I have so enjoyed your hikes. Since I'm partially disabled, I haven't been able to get on the trails, but you hikes have given me quite a bit of vicarious pleasure. I do some hike editing and posting for nynjtc.org, so I'll be adding some links to your site on occasion, unless you object.
ReplyDeleteThanks, and no objections at all, Ken! I never seem to have the time to write up the hikes for the trail conference any more so if this helps, feel free to link!
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