Wittenberg Mountain Trail
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New York · ulster County

Wittenberg Mountain Trail

Steep Catskills ascent to one of the range's best cliff overlooks.

Rating
Length
7.8 mi
Difficulty
7
County
ulster

About This Trail

A steep 7.4-mile round-trip climbing 3.7 miles from Woodland Valley to a large open rock shelf at 3,780 feet with unobstructed views of the Ashokan Reservoir and surrounding peaks. The summit ledge offers stadium-seating-style rock tiers, widely considered one of the Catskills’ finest overlooks. Part of the Burroughs Range with Cornell and Slide.

Location

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Coordinates: 42.0081478, -74.3473716

Getting There

From the NY Thruway exit 19 at Kingston, take Route 28 west 20-25 miles to Phoenicia. Follow signs to Woodland Valley Campground where the red-blazed Wittenberg Mountain Trail begins.

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