Mohonk Preserve
Nature Preserve · Gardiner, New York
Over eight thousand acres on the Shawangunk Ridge, New York's largest member-supported nature preserve, protecting the white quartz conglomerate cliffs known to climbers worldwide as the Gunks. The rock is Silurian conglomerate over softer shale, which produces enormous horizontal overhangs and made this one of the birthplaces of American technical rock climbing in the 1930s.
3197 Route 44/55, Gardiner, New York, 12525, United States
Open daily, dawn to dusk, with a DAY-USE FEE that is tiered by activity — hikers pay less than climbers and cyclists. ⚠ A NEW YORK STATE EMPIRE PASS IS NOT VALID HERE; this is a private non-profit preserve. ⚠ MOHONK PRESERVE IS NOT MOHONK MOUNTAIN HOUSE, which is a separate hotel with its own much higher charge. Parking at the West Trapps lot fills before 8 a.m. on weekends. Some cliffs close seasonally for peregrine nesting. ⚠ NOT VERIFIED FOR THIS FILE.