Minnewaska State Park Preserve

Bull Wheel Trail & Old New Paltz-Wawarsing Turnpike via High Peter's Kill Trail

5.9 mi · ▲ 1,220 ft · 2 hr 35 min

Bull Wheel Trail & Old New Paltz-Wawarsing Turnpike via High Peter's Kill Trail is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Minnewaska State Park Preserve near Lake Minnewaska, NY. It climbs 1,220 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi843 – 1,440 ft · steepest grade: 20%6.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.73997, -74.21672
Nearest town Lake Minnewaska, NY

Directions

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Bull Wheel Trail & Old New Paltz-Wawarsing Turnpike via High Peter's Kill Trail

5.9 mi · ▲ 1,220 ft · 2 hr 35 min

Elevation 843–1,441 ft

Out & Back · Minnewaska State Park Preserve

Trailhead: 41.73997, -74.21672

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  3. 150 ftTurn left onto Bull Wheel Trail, heading SW.
  4. 450 ftSharp right onto Red Loop, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Yellow Connector, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miBear left onto High Peter's Kill Trail, heading N.
  7. 1.8 miTurn right, heading W.
  8. 0.6 miReach Bull Wheel Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 2.4 miBear right onto Yellow Connector, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red Loop, heading SW.
  11. 0.2 miSharp left onto Bull Wheel Trail, heading S.
  12. 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
  13. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  14. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

96% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 6:16 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:20 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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