AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Minnewaska State Park Preserve

Smiley Carriage Road

6.4 mi · ▲ 849 ft · 2 hr 33 min

Smiley Carriage Road is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Minnewaska State Park Preserve near Granite, NY. It climbs 849 ft. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,191 – 1,982 ft6.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.73388, -74.29739
Nearest town Granite, NY
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Smiley Carriage Road

6.4 mi · ▲ 849 ft · 2 hr 33 min

Elevation 1,192–1,981 ft

Out & Back · Minnewaska State Park Preserve

Trailhead: 41.73388, -74.29739

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  5. 1.4 miSharp right onto Smiley Carriage Road, heading NW.
  6. 0.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 0.9 miSharp left, heading SE.
  8. 1.4 miBear right, heading N.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  11. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/smiley-carriage-road-out-back-10-km-6d37

Trail surface

29% gravel71% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.2 mi in (~102 min). Leave by 5:20 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:57 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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