Jenny Lane Trail & Lower Awosting Carriage Road (Black) is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Minnewaska State Park Preserve near Lake Minnewaska, NY. It climbs 807 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,171 – 1,696 ft · steepest grade: 17%7.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Awosting Falls Connection 41.73429, -74.23872
Nearest town Lake Minnewaska, NY
Directions
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Jenny Lane Trail & Lower Awosting Carriage Road (Black)
7.5 mi · ▲ 807 ft · 2 hr 54 min
Elevation 1,171–1,696 ft
Out & Back · Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Trailhead: Awosting Falls Connection · 41.73429, -74.23872
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
- Start on Awosting Falls Connection, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Lower Awosting Carriage Road (Black), heading SW.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Blueberry Run Trail (Blue), heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Jenny Lane Trail, heading NE.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Lower Awosting Carriage Road (Black), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 1.7 miBear left onto Blueberry Run Trail (Blue), heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lower Awosting Carriage Road (Black), heading SE.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Awosting Falls Connection, heading NE.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
55% dirt44% gravel1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 6:54 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:44 PM — 6 min before dark.
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