Access via Bushwhack Trail from Old Hay Road along Otter Creek. The trail ends near Worden Brook where a bushwhack south leads to the main trail. Access is via Bushwhack Trail from Mud Creek. However, hikers with solid outdoor orientation skills may bushwhack them as part of a traverse. This approach leads to a long slide and a short bushwhack to the summit. A short bushwhack is required to reach the summit. From there one must bushwhack to the summit. According to Reece this still known in local tradition as "The Bushwhack" or "The Drive". The Acre is also the beginning of the sometimes-difficult bushwhack to Southwest Hunter. Bushwhack Books, Woodstock, N.Y. 2009.