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Minnewaska State Park Preserve

Stony Kill Falls & Stony Kill Carriage Road

4.1 mi · ▲ 653 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Stony Kill Falls & Stony Kill Carriage Road is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Minnewaska State Park Preserve near Granite, NY. The route reaches Stony Kill Falls. It climbs 653 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,132 – 1,765 ft · steepest grade: 25%4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Shaft 2A Road 41.73401, -74.29558
Nearest town Granite, NY
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Stony Kill Falls & Stony Kill Carriage Road

4.1 mi · ▲ 653 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Elevation 1,131–1,766 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 miSharp right onto Smiley Carriage Road, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftReach Stony Kill Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 50 ftSharp left onto Stony Kill Carriage Road, heading N.
  8. 1.3 miSharp right, heading W.
  9. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Shaft Road, heading NE.
  10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Shaft 2A Road, heading N.
  11. 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/stony-kill-falls-stony-kill-carriage-road-out-back-7-km

Trail surface

74% dirt26% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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