Millbrook Mountain–Welcome Boulder, 14 sights is a 16-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Butterville, NY. The route passes Duck Pond, Skytop Reservoir, Welcome Boulder and 2 more before reaching Millbrook Mountain at the turnaround, 7.9 miles in. It climbs 2,602 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Millbrook Mountain–Welcome Boulder, 14 sights
16 mi · ▲ 2,602 ft · 6 hr 38 min
Elevation 415–1,611 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve
Trailhead: Lower Duck Pond Road · 41.75671, -74.13614
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lower Duck Pond Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lenape Lane, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Duck Pond Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Duck Pond.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Duck Pond Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Duck Pond Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Duck Pond Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miPass Skytop Reservoir.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Forest Drive, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Stage Road, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Forest Drive, heading N.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Home Farm Drive, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Old Minnewaska Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Rhododendron Bridge, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Overcliff Carriage Road, heading NW.
- 2.4 miPass Welcome Boulder.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Trapps Parking Access, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Trapps Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Millbrook Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Yum Yum Yab Yum.
- 50 ftPass Up Yours.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 2.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Millbrook Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach Millbrook Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Millbrook Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 2.8 miSharp 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 ftSharp right onto Overcliff Carriage Road, heading NE.
- 2.4 miTurn left onto Rhododendron Bridge, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Old Minnewaska Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Home Farm Drive, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Forest Drive, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Old Stage Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Forest Drive, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Duck Pond Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Duck Pond Road, heading SE.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Duck Pond Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Duck Pond Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lenape Lane, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miArrive 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 2.4 mi in (~83 min). Leave by 5:39 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Lower Duck Pond Road Trailhead
- Duck Pond Viewpoint–Dead Oak, 5 sights 1.8 mi · ▲ 369 ft
- Lenape Lane 1.9 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Lenape Lane 1.9 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- Oak Tree–Maple Tree, 6 sights 2 mi · ▲ 343 ft
- Dead Oak–Kleinekill Pool, 6 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 364 ft
- Lenape Lane & Lower Duck Pond Road 2.5 mi · ▲ 302 ft
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