Millbrook Mountain Viewpoint–Lake Minnewaska Carriage Viewpoint, 8 viewpoints is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Minnewaska State Park Preserve near Lake Minnewaska, NY. The route passes Lake Minnewaska Beach, Scuba Diving Access Area, Beacon Hill Viewpoint and 2 more before reaching Millbrook Mountain Viewpoint at the turnaround, 4.2 miles in. It climbs 778 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,490 – 1,811 ft · steepest grade: 16%8.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Beacon Hill Carriage Road (Orange) 41.73131, -74.23450
Nearest town Lake Minnewaska, NY
Directions
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Millbrook Mountain Viewpoint–Lake Minnewaska Carriage Viewpoint, 8 viewpoints
8.5 mi · ▲ 778 ft · 3 hr 13 min
Elevation 1,488–1,811 ft
Out & Back · Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Trailhead: Beacon Hill Carriage Road (Orange) · 41.73131, -74.23450
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Beacon Hill Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Lake Minnewaska Beach.
- 50 ftPass Scuba Diving Access Area.
- 1.3 miPass Beacon Hill Viewpoint.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading S.
- 450 ftPass Lake Minnewaska.
- 0.2 miPass Lake Minnewaska Carriage Viewpoint.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Millbrook Mountain Carriage Road, heading W.
- 2.4 miReach Millbrook Mountain Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.4 miBear right onto Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Beacon Hill Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
52% gravel18% dirt1% grass29% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~42 min). Leave by 6:20 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:15 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Beacon Hill Carriage Road (Orange) Trailhead
- Lake Minnewaska Carriage Viewpoint–Beacon Hill Viewpoint, 6 beaches 2.9 mi · ▲ 412 ft
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- Beacon Hill Viewpoint–Lake Minnewaska, 7 beaches 3.1 mi · ▲ 405 ft
- Awosting Falls–Beacon Hill Viewpoint, 8 beaches 4.3 mi · ▲ 698 ft
- Lake Minnewaska–Lake Minnewaska Carriage Viewpoint, 8 sights 8.2 mi · ▲ 998 ft
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