Millbrook Mountain–Awosting Falls, 10 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Minnewaska State Park Preserve near Lake Minnewaska, NY. The route passes Awosting Falls, Sunset Carriage Viewpoint, Lake Minnewaska Beach and 4 more before reaching Millbrook Mountain at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 1,163 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,276 – 1,775 ft · steepest grade: 20%5.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Awosting Falls Connection 41.73429, -74.23872
Nearest town Lake Minnewaska, NY
Directions
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Millbrook Mountain–Awosting Falls, 10 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 1,163 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Elevation 1,276–1,775 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 at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Awosting Falls Carriage Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Sunset Carriage Road, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Awosting Falls.
- 0.6 miPass Sunset Carriage Viewpoint.
- 50 ftPass Lake Minnewaska Beach.
- 50 ftPass Scuba Diving Access Area.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 100 ftPass Lake Minnewaska.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dry Bridge, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading S.
- 400 ftPass Lake Minnewaska Carriage Viewpoint.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Lake Minnewaska Carriage Viewpoint.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Millbrook Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Millbrook Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dry Bridge, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear left onto Sunset Carriage Road, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Awosting Falls Carriage Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
46% dirt42% gravel2% grass10% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 6:34 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:56 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from Awosting Falls Connection Trailhead
- Whale's Head–High Peter's Kill Viewpoint, 3 summits 6.8 mi · ▲ 1,538 ft
- Jenny Lane Trail & Lower Awosting Carriage Road (Black) 7.5 mi · ▲ 807 ft
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