AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Minnewaska State Park Preserve

Smiley Carriage Road

6.4 mi · ▲ 749 ft · 2 hr 30 min

Smiley Carriage Road is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Minnewaska State Park Preserve near Kerhonkson, NY. It climbs 749 ft. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,270 – 1,890 ft6.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.73533, -74.30035
Nearest town Kerhonkson, NY
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Smiley Carriage Road

6.4 mi · ▲ 749 ft · 2 hr 30 min

Elevation 1,269–1,891 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. 1.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 1.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 1.4 miBear right, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 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-9917

Trail surface

38% gravel62% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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