Millbrook Ridge Viewpoint–Hawkwatch, 4 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Lake Minnewaska, NY. The route passes Millbrook Ridge Viewpoint before reaching Hawkwatch at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 461 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi981 – 1,184 ft · steepest grade: 24%4.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.72236, -74.22182
Nearest town Lake Minnewaska, NY
Directions
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Millbrook Ridge Viewpoint–Hawkwatch, 4 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 461 ft · 1 hr 44 min
Elevation 982–1,185 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve
Trailhead: 41.72236, -74.22182
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Coxing Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Trapps Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Millbrook Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.1 miPass Hawkwatch.
- 50 ftReach Millbrook Ridge Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Trapps Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Coxing Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 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
42% gravel6% dirt52% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM
More from this trailhead
- Coxing Trail–Shongum Path, 3 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 344 ft
- Lake Minnewaska Carriage Viewpoint–Lake Minnewaska, 7 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,070 ft
- Swimming Hole–Split Rock, 5 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 399 ft
- Coxing Trail–Enderly's Path, 5 sights 5.7 mi · ▲ 460 ft
- Lake Minnewaska Carriage Viewpoint–Lake Minnewaska, 9 sights 14.6 mi · ▲ 2,232 ft
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