1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading SE.
3. 50 ftPass Lake Minnewaska Beach.
4. 50 ftPass Scuba Diving Access Area.
5. 50 ftPass Lake Minnewaska.
6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dry Bridge, heading SE.
7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading S.
8. 0.1 miPass Lake Minnewaska Carriage Viewpoint.
9. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
10. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
11. 0.2 miPass Lake Minnewaska Carriage Viewpoint.
12. 0.3 miBear left onto Millbrook Mountain Carriage Road, heading SE.
13. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Hamilton Point Carriage Road, heading SW.
14. 250 ftContinue straight onto Castle Point Connector (no blaze), heading W.
15. 50 ftBear left onto Hamilton Point Carriage Road, heading W.
16. 50 ftBear right onto Castle Point Connector (no blaze), heading SW.
17. 0.1 miBear left onto Castle Point Carriage Road, heading SW.
18. 2.4 miTurn left onto Blueberry Run Trail, heading W.
19. 50 ftPass Castle Point.
20. 50 ftPass Castle Point Carriage Viewpoint.
21. 250 ftTurn left onto Castle Point Carriage Road (Blue), heading W.
22. 50 ftTurn right onto Scenic Trail Scramble (Violet), heading NW.
23. 250 ftTurn right onto Hamilton Point Carriage Road (Yellow), heading SW.
24. 500 ftTurn left onto Scenic Trail / SRT (Violet/Blue Discs), heading W.
25. 0.5 miTurn left onto Wolfjaw Connector, heading SW.
26. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Awosting Reserve Loop (Purple), heading S.
27. 1.1 miSharp left onto Awosting Reserve Access (Brown), heading SW.
28. 1.6 miReach Lake Minnewaska Carriage Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
29. 1.7 miSharp right onto Awosting Reserve Loop (Purple), heading SW.
30. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Wolfjaw Connector, heading W.
31. 0.3 miTurn right onto Scenic Trail / SRT (Violet/Blue Discs), heading W.
32. 0.5 miTurn right onto Hamilton Point Carriage Road (Yellow), heading E.
33. 0.1 miTurn left onto Scenic Trail Scramble (Violet), heading E.
34. 250 ftTurn left onto Castle Point Carriage Road (Blue), heading NE.
35. 50 ftTurn right onto Blueberry Run Trail, heading E.
36. 250 ftTurn right onto Castle Point Carriage Road, heading SE.
37. 2.4 miBear right onto Castle Point Connector (no blaze), heading NE.
38. 0.1 miBear left onto Hamilton Point Carriage Road, heading NE.
39. 100 ftBear right onto Castle Point Connector (no blaze), heading NE.
40. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hamilton Point Carriage Road, heading NE.
41. 250 ftContinue straight onto Millbrook Mountain Carriage Road, heading E.
42. 0.2 miBear right onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading NE.
43. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
44. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
45. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dry Bridge, heading SE.
46. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading SE.
47. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lake-minnewaska-carriage-viewpoint-lake-minnewaska-carriage-viewpoint-out-back-16-sights