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Minnewaska State Park Preserve

Mud Pond (Haseco Lake)–Awosting Reserve Access (Brown), 3 sights

7.9 mi · ▲ 1,472 ft · 3 hr 22 min

Mud Pond (Haseco Lake)–Awosting Reserve Access (Brown), 3 sights is a 7.9-mile out-and-back in Minnewaska State Park Preserve near Rutsonville, NY. The route reaches Mud Pond (Haseco Lake) at the turnaround, 4 miles in. It climbs 1,472 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi518 – 1,936 ft · steepest grade: 20%8.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.67616, -74.26285
Nearest town Rutsonville, NY
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Mud Pond (Haseco Lake)–Awosting Reserve Access (Brown), 3 sights

7.9 mi · ▲ 1,472 ft · 3 hr 22 min

Elevation 520–1,937 ft

Out & Back · Minnewaska State Park Preserve

Trailhead: 41.67616, -74.26285

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.4 miBear right onto Awosting Reserve Access (Brown), heading N.
  3. 0.7 miSharp left, heading W.
  4. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Awosting Reserve Loop (Purple), heading NW.
  5. 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miBear left onto Mud Pond Trail (Yellow), heading NW.
  7. 1.3 miReach Mud Pond (Haseco Lake), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1.3 miBear right onto Awosting Reserve Loop (Purple), heading SE.
  9. 1 miContinue straight onto Awosting Reserve Access (Brown), heading NE.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 1 miBear left, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mud-pond-haseco-lake-out-back

Trail surface

49% gravel5% dirt46% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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