1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
4. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
5. 1.4 miTurn left onto Smiley Carriage Road, heading S.
6. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Stony Kill Carriage Road, heading E.
7. 50 ftTurn right onto Smiley Carriage Road, heading E.
8. 0.7 miPass Lake Awosting.
9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lake Awosting Carriageway (Black), heading S.
10. 0.3 miTurn left onto Upper Awosting Carriage Road, heading E.
11. 0.6 miPass Litchfield Ledge.
12. 250 ftContinue straight onto Rainbow Falls Trail (Orange), heading NE.
13. 50 ftBear left onto Upper Awosting Carriage Road, heading NE.
14. 1.8 miPass Upper Awosting Carriage Viewpoint.
15. 0.3 miPass Lake Minnewaska Beach.
16. 0.3 miPass Scuba Diving Access Area.
17. 50 ftPass Lake Minnewaska.
18. 50 ftPass Lake Minnewaska Beach.
19. 250 ftTurn left onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading E.
20. 50 ftPass Lake Minnewaska Carriage Viewpoint.
21. 150 ftContinue straight onto Sunset Carriage Road, heading E.
22. 50 ftTurn right onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading E.
23. 500 ftTurn right, heading NE.
24. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dry Bridge, heading N.
25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading N.
26. 0.1 miReach Lake Minnewaska Carriage Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
27. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dry Bridge, heading E.
28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading SE.
29. 0.2 miTurn left onto Sunset Carriage Road, heading S.
30. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading S.
31. 150 ftTurn right onto Upper Awosting Carriage Road, heading NE.
32. 2.4 miBear right onto Rainbow Falls Trail (Orange), heading W.
33. 50 ftContinue straight onto Upper Awosting Carriage Road, heading W.
34. 0.6 miTurn right onto Lake Awosting Carriageway (Black), heading SW.
35. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Smiley Carriage Road, heading W.
36. 0.8 miTurn left onto Stony Kill Carriage Road, heading W.
37. 50 ftContinue straight onto Smiley Carriage Road, heading W.
38. 1.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
39. 1.4 miBear right, heading NE.
40. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
41. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
42. 150 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-out-back-14-beaches