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Jun 16, 2020 — Yonah Mountain is a popular hike with some great views and a heavily traveled trail. It's a photogenic mountain from the surrounding area too due to some beautiful cliffs on its west face, making it also popular for climbing.
From the trailhead, the well-beaten trail starts off at a low grade, making its way to a small meadow with a lookout. From here, a steep and eroded dirt road serves as the trail, eventually leading to the remains of what I think is an old military training ground of sorts. A dirt road forks (keep left) and continues from the military buildings and up toward the summit of Yonah Mountain, but it's a bit confusing to follow a route. At least a couple of trails lead away from the road, and I recommend following my route if possible. It parallels the top of the Yonah Mountain cliff, offering nice views the whole way. Other routes would likely just lead up to the summit without the views, and you'd be missing out to not enjoy them. After the last major view looking south, a social trail leads to the summit meadow of Yonah Mountain.
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