Mud Pond (Haseco Lake)–Lake Awosting, 6 sights is a 12.2-mile out-and-back in Minnewaska State Park Preserve near Lake Minnewaska, NY. The route passes Lake Awosting and Mud Pond (Haseco Lake). It climbs 735 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,408 – 1,978 ft12.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: High Peter's Kill Trail Connector 41.73490, -74.24392
Nearest town Lake Minnewaska, NY
Directions
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Mud Pond (Haseco Lake)–Lake Awosting, 6 sights
12.2 mi · ▲ 735 ft · 4 hr 26 min
Elevation 1,408–1,978 ft
Out & Back · Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Trailhead: High Peter's Kill Trail Connector · 41.73490, -74.24392
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Lower Awosting Carriage Road (Black), heading SW.
- 2.3 miContinue straight onto Lower Awosting Carriageway (Black), heading S.
- 0.3 miPass Lake Awosting.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Lake Awosting Carriageway (Black), heading SE.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Scenic Trail / SRT (Violet/Blue Blazes), heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Indian Cave Trail (Abandoned), heading S.
- 0.3 miPass Mud Pond (Haseco Lake).
- 150 ftTurn left onto Scenic Trail / SRT (Violet/Blue Blazes), heading SW.
- 1.1 miReach Mud Pond (Haseco Lake), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Indian Cave Trail (Abandoned), heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Scenic Trail / SRT (Violet/Blue Blazes), heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Lake Awosting Carriageway (Black), heading NE.
- 1.5 miTurn left onto Lower Awosting Carriageway (Black), heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Lower Awosting Carriage Road (Black), heading NE.
- 2.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
69% gravel31% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:02 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:22 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:50 PM.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from High Peter's Kill Trail Connector Trailhead
- Lower Awosting Carriage Road (Black) 4.5 mi · ▲ 297 ft
- Lower Awosting Carriage Road (Black) 4.6 mi · ▲ 301 ft
- Whale's Head & Lost City Viewpoint via High Peter's Kill Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,107 ft
- Blocky Wall–Breaker Wall, 5 cliffs 4.9 mi · ▲ 968 ft
- Mossy Glen Trail via Lower Awosting Carriage Road (Black) 5 mi · ▲ 305 ft
- Whale's Head–Lost City Viewpoint, 3 summits 5 mi · ▲ 1,081 ft
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