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Minnewaska State Park Preserve

Smiley Carriage Road

7 mi · ▲ 853 ft · 2 hr 46 min

Smiley Carriage Road is a 7-mile out-and-back in Minnewaska State Park Preserve near Granite, NY. It climbs 853 ft. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,191 – 1,890 ft7.2 mi

Getting there

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

7 mi · ▲ 853 ft · 2 hr 46 min

Elevation 1,192–1,891 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 miTurn left onto Smiley Carriage Road, heading S.
  6. 1.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 1.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 1.4 miBear right, heading N.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  11. 450 ftArrive 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-3ec6

Trail surface

35% gravel65% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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