Millbrook Mountain–Lake Minnewaska Carriage Viewpoint, 7 beaches is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Minnewaska State Park Preserve near Lake Minnewaska, NY. The route passes Lake Minnewaska Beach, Scuba Diving Access Area, Lake Minnewaska and 3 more before reaching Millbrook Mountain at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 861 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,276 – 1,775 ft · steepest grade: 18%3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.72853, -74.23731
Nearest town Lake Minnewaska, NY
Directions
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Millbrook Mountain–Lake Minnewaska Carriage Viewpoint, 7 beaches
3.3 mi · ▲ 861 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 1,276–1,775 ft
Out & Back · Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Trailhead: 41.72853, -74.23731
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Lake Minnewaska Beach.
- 50 ftPass Scuba Diving Access Area.
- 50 ftPass Lake Minnewaska.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading NE.
- 150 ftPass Lake Minnewaska Carriage Viewpoint.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Dry Bridge, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Lake Minnewaska Carriage Viewpoint.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miPass Lake Minnewaska Carriage Viewpoint.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Millbrook Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 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 N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dry Bridge, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 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
63% dirt28% gravel2% grass7% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:02 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:22 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:50 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Lake Minnewaska Carriage Viewpoint–Lake Minnewaska Loop, 6 beaches 1.6 mi · ▲ 241 ft
- Awosting Falls–Lake Minnewaska, 8 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 408 ft
- Beacon Hill Viewpoint–Lake Minnewaska, 7 beaches 3.2 mi · ▲ 445 ft
- Lake Minnewaska–Sunset Carriage Viewpoint, 7 beaches 4.4 mi · ▲ 482 ft
- Millbrook Mountain Viewpoint–Lake Minnewaska, 6 beaches 6.2 mi · ▲ 400 ft
- Awosting Falls–Lake Minnewaska, 7 beaches 6.2 mi · ▲ 770 ft
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