Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Breakfast Wall–Hidden Pond, 3 cliffs
3.4 mi · ▲ 762 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Breakfast Wall–Hidden Pond, 3 cliffs is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Minnewaska State Park Preserve near Lake Minnewaska, NY. The route passes Breakfast Wall before reaching Hidden Pond at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 762 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Breakfast Wall–Hidden Pond, 3 cliffs
3.4 mi · ▲ 762 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Elevation 843–1,129 ft
Out & Back · Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Trailhead: Red Loop · 41.73886, -74.21863
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red Loop, heading N.
- 300 ftPass Breakfast Wall.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Yellow Connector, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto High Peter's Kill Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.9 miPass Hidden Pond.
- 150 ftReach Breakfast Wall, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Yellow Connector, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red Loop, heading SW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~44 min). Leave by 6:18 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:25 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Red Loop Trailhead
- Whale's Head–High Peter's Kill Viewpoint, 3 summits 1.3 mi · ▲ 227 ft
- Whale's Head–High Peter's Kill Viewpoint, 5 sights 1.6 mi · ▲ 203 ft
- Trapps Trail via Awosting Falls Carriage Road 2.3 mi · ▲ 166 ft
- Hidden Pond & Bull Wheel Trail via High Peter's Kill Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 844 ft
- Awosting Falls–Lake Minnewaska, 5 beaches 4.2 mi · ▲ 545 ft
- Bull Wheel Trail & Old New Paltz-Wawarsing Turnpike via High Peter's Kill Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 1,220 ft
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