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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.

Elevation

0 mi417 – 1,611 ft · steepest grade: 23%16.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lower Duck Pond Road 41.75671, -74.13614
Nearest town Butterville, NY

Directions

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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

  1. Start on Lower Duck Pond Road, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lenape Lane, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miSharp right onto Duck Pond Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftPass Duck Pond.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Duck Pond Trail, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Duck Pond Road, heading NW.
  10. 0.1 miTurn left onto Duck Pond Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.7 miPass Skytop Reservoir.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto Forest Drive, heading NW.
  13. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Stage Road, heading N.
  14. 50 ftTurn right onto Forest Drive, heading N.
  15. 300 ftContinue straight onto Home Farm Drive, heading W.
  16. 0.1 miBear left onto Old Minnewaska Trail, heading SW.
  17. 0.8 miTurn right onto Rhododendron Bridge, heading NW.
  18. 100 ftTurn right onto Overcliff Carriage Road, heading NW.
  19. 2.4 miPass Welcome Boulder.
  20. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftBear left onto Trapps Parking Access, heading SW.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftTurn right onto Trapps Trail, heading SW.
  24. 150 ftSharp left onto Millbrook Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  25. 0.2 miPass Yum Yum Yab Yum.
  26. 50 ftPass Up Yours.
  27. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  28. 2.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  29. 50 ftBear right onto Millbrook Mountain Trail, heading S.
  30. 0.1 miReach Millbrook Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  31. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  32. 50 ftTurn left onto Millbrook Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  33. 2.8 miSharp right onto Trapps Trail, heading NE.
  34. 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  35. 50 ftTurn right onto Trapps Parking Access, heading NE.
  36. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  37. 50 ftSharp right onto Overcliff Carriage Road, heading NE.
  38. 2.4 miTurn left onto Rhododendron Bridge, heading NE.
  39. 100 ftTurn left onto Old Minnewaska Trail, heading NE.
  40. 0.8 miBear right onto Home Farm Drive, heading SE.
  41. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Forest Drive, heading N.
  42. 300 ftTurn left onto Old Stage Road, heading NE.
  43. 50 ftContinue straight onto Forest Drive, heading NE.
  44. 0.1 miTurn right onto Duck Pond Trail, heading NE.
  45. 0.7 miTurn right onto Duck Pond Road, heading SE.
  46. 500 ftContinue straight onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading S.
  47. 100 ftContinue straight onto Duck Pond Trail, heading SE.
  48. 50 ftTurn right onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading SE.
  49. 50 ftTurn left onto Duck Pond Trail, heading E.
  50. 0.2 miSharp left onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading S.
  51. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  52. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lenape Lane, heading S.
  53. 100 ftContinue straight onto Lower Duck Pond Road, heading S.
  54. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

50% gravel11% dirt39% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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