Millbrook Ridge Viewpoint–Hawkwatch, 4 sights is a 1-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Lake Minnewaska, NY. The route passes Millbrook Ridge Viewpoint before reaching Hawkwatch at the turnaround, 0.5 miles in. It climbs 411 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi925 – 1,184 ft · steepest grade: 29%1.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: West Trapps Parking Connector 41.73733, -74.19744
Nearest town Lake Minnewaska, NY
Directions
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Millbrook Ridge Viewpoint–Hawkwatch, 4 sights
1 mi · ▲ 411 ft · 32 min
Elevation 924–1,185 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve
Trailhead: West Trapps Parking Connector · 41.73733, -74.19744
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on West Trapps Parking Connector, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Trapps Parking Access, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Trapps Trail, heading W.
- 200 ftSharp left onto Millbrook Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Hawkwatch.
- 50 ftReach Millbrook Ridge Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Trapps Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Trapps Parking Access, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto West Trapps Parking Connector, heading E.
- 0.1 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
35% gravel26% dirt39% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from West Trapps Parking Connector Trailhead
- Overlook–Millbrook Ridge Trail, 3 sights 1 mi · ▲ 485 ft
- Trapps Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Swimming Hole–Split Rock, 4 sights 2 mi · ▲ 342 ft
- Enderly's Path–Shongum Path, 3 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 319 ft
- Welcome Boulder–Mohonk Lake, 6 sights 7.1 mi · ▲ 664 ft
- Sunset Rock–Welcome Boulder, 8 sights 9.6 mi · ▲ 1,101 ft
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