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Mud Pond (Haseco Lake)–Lake Awosting, 8 sights is a 14.5-mile out-and-back in Minnewaska State Park Preserve near Kerhonkson, NY. The route passes Lake Awosting, Mud Pond (Haseco Lake), Old Fire Tower Viewpoint and High Point. It climbs 1,356 ft. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,270 – 2,261 ft14.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.73533, -74.30035
Nearest town Kerhonkson, NY

Directions

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Mud Pond (Haseco Lake)–Lake Awosting, 8 sights

14.5 mi · ▲ 1,356 ft · 5 hr 31 min

Elevation 1,269–2,261 ft

Out & Back · Minnewaska State Park Preserve

Trailhead: 41.73533, -74.30035

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  4. 1.4 miTurn left onto Smiley Carriage Road, heading S.
  5. 1.9 miPass Lake Awosting.
  6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lake Awosting Carriageway (Black), heading SE.
  7. 150 ftReach Mud Pond (Haseco Lake), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  9. 200 ftSharp right onto Scenic Trail / SRT (Violet/Blue Blazes), heading E.
  10. 0.4 miBear right onto Indian Cave Trail (Abandoned), heading SW.
  11. 0.3 miPass Mud Pond (Haseco Lake).
  12. 250 ftTurn left onto Scenic Trail / SRT (Violet/Blue Blazes), heading W.
  13. 1.1 miTurn right onto High Point Trail, heading W.
  14. 2.3 miPass Old Fire Tower Viewpoint.
  15. 50 ftPass High Point.
  16. 300 ftContinue straight onto Berrypicker Trail, heading NE.
  17. 2 miTurn right onto Smiley Carriage Road, heading NE.
  18. 0.9 miSharp left, heading S.
  19. 1.4 miBear right, heading N.
  20. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  21. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

34% gravel66% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.9 mi in (~91 min). Leave by 5:32 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:50 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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