Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Hidden Pond & Bull Wheel Trail via High Peter's Kill Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 844 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Hidden Pond & Bull Wheel Trail via High Peter's Kill Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Minnewaska State Park Preserve near Lake Minnewaska, NY. The route reaches Hidden Pond at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 844 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Hidden Pond & Bull Wheel Trail via High Peter's Kill Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 844 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Elevation 843–1,179 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
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Bull Wheel Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Red Loop, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Yellow Connector, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto High Peter's Kill Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miReach Hidden Pond, 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 miSharp left onto Bull Wheel Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive 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 (~47 min). Leave by 6:15 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this 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
- Breakfast Wall–Hidden Pond, 3 cliffs 3.4 mi · ▲ 762 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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