Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Breakfast Wall–Hidden Pond, 5 sights
11.7 mi · ▲ 1,974 ft · 4 hr 53 min
Breakfast Wall–Hidden Pond, 5 sights is an 11.7-mile out-and-back in Minnewaska State Park Preserve near Granite, NY. The route passes Hidden Pond and Breakfast Wall. It climbs 1,974 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Breakfast Wall–Hidden Pond, 5 sights
11.7 mi · ▲ 1,974 ft · 4 hr 53 min
Elevation 545–1,214 ft
Out & Back · Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Trailhead: Jenny Lane Trail · 41.74132, -74.25536
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
- Start on Jenny Lane Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 2.3 miPass Hidden Pond.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto High Peter's Kill Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Yellow Connector, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red Loop, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Breakfast Wall.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Awosting Falls Connector, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Trapps Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miReach Breakfast Wall, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right onto Awosting Falls Connector, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Loop, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Yellow Connector, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto High Peter's Kill Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
- 2.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Jenny Lane Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.3 mi in (~92 min). Leave by 5:30 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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