Millbrook Mountain–Awosting Falls, 19 sights is a 12.9-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Lake Minnewaska, NY. The route passes Awosting Falls, Sunset Carriage Viewpoint, Lake Minnewaska Beach and 9 more. It climbs 3,274 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Millbrook Mountain–Awosting Falls, 19 sights
12.9 mi · ▲ 3,274 ft · 5 hr 56 min
Elevation 440–1,775 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk 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 Lower Awosting Carriage Road (Black), heading NE.
- 200 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Awosting Falls Connection, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Awosting Falls Carriage Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Awosting Falls.
- 50 ftBear right onto Sunset Carriage Road, heading E.
- 0.6 miPass Sunset Carriage Viewpoint.
- 50 ftPass Lake Minnewaska Beach.
- 50 ftPass Scuba Diving Access Area.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftPass Lake Minnewaska.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading E.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Dry Bridge, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading E.
- 400 ftPass Lake Minnewaska Carriage Viewpoint.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Lake Minnewaska Carriage Viewpoint.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Millbrook Mountain Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miPass Millbrook Mountain.
- 300 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Millbrook Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 2.6 miPass Yum Yum Yab Yum.
- 50 ftPass Up Yours.
- 0.3 miPass Welcome Boulder.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Trapps Trail, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Trapps Parking Access, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Undercliff Carriage Road, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Baby / Easy O, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Cliff base trail, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Strictly's, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto East Trapps Connector (Stairmaster), heading E.
- 500 ftPass Dragonfly Pond.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto East Trapps Connector, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Foothills Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftReach Millbrook Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Foothills Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Laverne Thompson Nature Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Strictly's, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Cliff base trail, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Baby / Easy O, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Undercliff Carriage Road, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Trapps Parking Access, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Trapps Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftSharp left onto Millbrook Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 2.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Millbrook Mountain Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dry Bridge, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading NW.
- 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 NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Lower Awosting Carriage Road (Black), 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 1.2 mi in (~37 min). Leave by 6:25 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:06 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
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- 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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