Millbrook Mountain–Awosting Falls, 16 sights is a 14.7-mile out-and-back in Minnewaska State Park Preserve near Lake Minnewaska, NY. The route passes Undercliff Carriage Viewpoint, Overlook, Yum Yum Yab Yum and 10 more. It climbs 2,643 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Millbrook Mountain–Awosting Falls, 16 sights
14.7 mi · ▲ 2,643 ft · 6 hr 13 min
Elevation 939–1,775 ft
Out & Back · Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Trailhead: Near Trapps access trail · 41.73637, -74.19354
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Near Trapps access trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Undercliff Carriage Viewpoint.
- 150 ftPass Overlook.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Millbrook Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Yum Yum Yab Yum.
- 50 ftPass Up Yours.
- 2.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Millbrook Mountain.
- 50 ftBear right onto Millbrook Mountain Trail, heading W.
- 1 miPass Lake Minnewaska Carriage Viewpoint.
- 50 ftPass Lake Minnewaska.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Scuba Diving Access Area.
- 100 ftPass Lake Minnewaska Beach.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftPass Lake Minnewaska Carriage Viewpoint.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miPass Scuba Diving Access Area.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Dry Bridge, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftPass Sunset Carriage Viewpoint.
- 250 ftBear left onto Sunset Carriage Road, heading N.
- 0.5 miPass Awosting Falls.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Awosting Falls Carriage Road, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.1 miReach Millbrook Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 1.2 miSharp left onto Sunset Carriage Road, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dry Bridge, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Millbrook Mountain Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Millbrook Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 2.6 miContinue straight onto Near Trapps access trail, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.9 mi in (~132 min). Leave by 4:50 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:29 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Near Trapps access trail Trailhead
- Trapps Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Welcome Boulder–Overlook, 8 sights 8.7 mi · ▲ 802 ft
- Sunset Rock–Welcome Boulder, 13 sights 10.1 mi · ▲ 1,428 ft
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