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Overlook Mountain Trail
Starting from the Overlook Mountain Trail trailhead, the route climbs steadily through Overlook Mountain Wild Forest on a broad forest track, passing mixed Catskill woodland and the slopes above Mount Guardian.
Higher on the route, the path reaches the atmospheric Overlook Mountain House ruins, then continues toward the summit area and its historic fire tower, a signature Catskill landmark reached by the red-marked Overlook spur.
The reward is a sequence of open ledges and tower views over the Hudson Valley, the surrounding Catskills, the Ashokan Reservoir, and distant ridgelines, making this out-and-back hike a compact route of forest, history, and panorama.
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- Distance: 7.8 Km
- Elevation gain: 437 m
- Maximum elevation: 943 m
- Elevation loss: 438 m
- Minimum elevation: 534 m
- Moving time: 2 h 15 m
- Moving speed: 3.4 Km/h
- Maximum speed: 14.7 Km/h
- Total time: 2 h 59 m
- Global speed: 2.6 Km/h
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- Distance: 7.8 Km
- Elevation gain: 437 m
- Maximum elevation: 943 m
- Elevation loss: 438 m
- Minimum elevation: 534 m
- Moving time: 2 h 15 m
- Moving speed: 3.4 Km/h
- Maximum speed: 14.7 Km/h
- Total time: 2 h 59 m
- Global speed: 2.6 Km/h
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Name: Overlook Mountain Trail trail, distance, elevation, map, profile, GPS track
Coordinates: 42.07073 -74.12255 42.08543 -74.09133
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