Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Jenny Lane Trail–Mossy Glen Trail, 3 sights
8.9 mi · ▲ 1,011 ft · 3 hr 28 min
Jenny Lane Trail–Mossy Glen Trail, 3 sights is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in Minnewaska State Park Preserve near Lake Minnewaska, NY. It climbs 1,011 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Jenny Lane Trail–Mossy Glen Trail, 3 sights
8.9 mi · ▲ 1,011 ft · 3 hr 28 min
Elevation 961–1,696 ft
Out & Back · Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Trailhead: Lower Awosting Carriage Road (Black) · 41.73361, -74.24477
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Mossy Glen Trail, heading SE.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Blueberry Run Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Blueberry Run Trail (Blue), heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Jenny Lane Trail, heading NE.
- 1.9 miSharp left onto Old New Paltz-Wawarsing Turnpike (Pink), heading E.
- 0.8 miReach Mossy Glen Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Jenny Lane Trail, heading S.
- 1.9 miBear left onto Blueberry Run Trail (Blue), heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Blueberry Run Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Mossy Glen Trail, heading E.
- 1.5 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.3 mi in (~114 min). Leave by 5:09 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Lower Awosting Carriage Road (Black) Trailhead
- Lower Awosting Carriage Road (Black) 4.5 mi · ▲ 297 ft
- Lower Awosting Carriage Road (Black) 4.6 mi · ▲ 301 ft
- Whale's Head & Lost City Viewpoint via High Peter's Kill Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,107 ft
- Blocky Wall–Breaker Wall, 5 cliffs 4.9 mi · ▲ 968 ft
- Mossy Glen Trail via Lower Awosting Carriage Road (Black) 5 mi · ▲ 305 ft
- Whale's Head–Lost City Viewpoint, 3 summits 5 mi · ▲ 1,081 ft
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