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Minnewaska State Park Preserve

Stony Kill Falls–Lake Awosting, 6 sights

8.4 mi · ▲ 1,063 ft · 3 hr 20 min

Stony Kill Falls–Lake Awosting, 6 sights is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Minnewaska State Park Preserve near Granite, NY. The route passes Stony Kill Falls, Lake Awosting, Lake Awosting Beach and Rainbow Falls Trail (Orange) Viewpoint. It climbs 1,063 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,132 – 2,047 ft · steepest grade: 16%8.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Shaft 2A Road 41.73401, -74.29558
Nearest town Granite, NY
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Stony Kill Falls–Lake Awosting, 6 sights

8.4 mi · ▲ 1,063 ft · 3 hr 20 min

Elevation 1,131–2,046 ft

Out & Back · Minnewaska State Park Preserve

Trailhead: Shaft 2A Road · 41.73401, -74.29558

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Shaft 2A Road, heading S.
  2. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Shaft Road, heading S.
  3. 0.5 miSharp left onto Stony Kill Carriage Road, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftPass Stony Kill Falls.
  5. 1.3 miTurn left onto Smiley Carriage Road, heading S.
  6. 0.7 miPass Lake Awosting.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lake Awosting Carriageway (Black), heading E.
  8. 0.8 miPass Lake Awosting Beach.
  9. 100 ftContinue straight onto Castle Point Carriage Road (Blue), heading S.
  10. 0.2 miPass Rainbow Falls Trail (Orange) Viewpoint.
  11. 100 ftTurn right onto Wolfjaw Connector, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto Castle Point Carriage Road (Blue), heading SE.
  13. 0.4 miReach Stony Kill Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.4 miTurn right onto Wolfjaw Connector, heading W.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Castle Point Carriage Road (Blue), heading W.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lake Awosting Carriageway (Black), heading NE.
  17. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Smiley Carriage Road, heading SW.
  18. 0.8 miTurn right onto Stony Kill Carriage Road, heading N.
  19. 1.3 miSharp right, heading N.
  20. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Shaft Road, heading W.
  21. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Shaft 2A Road, heading NE.
  22. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/stony-kill-falls-lake-awosting-out-back-6-sights-13-km

Trail surface

38% gravel36% dirt26% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.9 mi in (~123 min). Leave by 4:59 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:15 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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