Overlook–Millbrook Ridge Trail, 3 sights is a 1-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Lake Minnewaska, NY. The route reaches Overlook at the turnaround, 0.5 miles in. It climbs 485 ft, with sections as steep as 71% grade. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi925 – 1,184 ft · steepest grade: 71%1.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: West Trapps Parking Connector 41.73733, -74.19744
Nearest town Lake Minnewaska, NY
Directions
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Overlook–Millbrook Ridge Trail, 3 sights
1 mi · ▲ 485 ft · 35 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.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Near Trapps access trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Millbrook Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Trapps Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Trapps Parking Access, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto West Trapps Parking Connector, heading N.
- 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
34% gravel26% dirt1% paved39% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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