AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Minnewaska State Park Preserve

Smiley Carriage Road

6.7 mi · ▲ 857 ft · 2 hr 40 min

Smiley Carriage Road is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Minnewaska State Park Preserve near Granite, NY. It climbs 857 ft. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,211 – 1,982 ft6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.73605, -74.29821
Nearest town Granite, NY
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Smiley Carriage Road

6.7 mi · ▲ 857 ft · 2 hr 40 min

Elevation 1,211–1,981 ft

Out & Back · Minnewaska State Park Preserve

Trailhead: 41.73605, -74.29821

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  4. 1.4 miSharp right onto Smiley Carriage Road, heading NW.
  5. 1.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 1.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  7. 1.4 miBear right, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  9. 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/smiley-carriage-road-out-back-11-km-04a0

Trail surface

36% gravel64% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.0 mi in (~97 min). Leave by 5:25 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:53 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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