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Sunset Rock–Welcome Boulder, 13 sights is a 10.1-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Lake Minnewaska, NY. The route passes Undercliff Carriage Viewpoint, Overlook, Welcome Boulder and 3 more before reaching Outback Slab at the turnaround, 5.1 miles in. It climbs 1,428 ft, with sections as steep as 41% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi538 – 1,184 ft · steepest grade: 41%10.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Near Trapps access trail 41.73637, -74.19354
Nearest town Lake Minnewaska, NY

Directions

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Sunset Rock–Welcome Boulder, 13 sights

10.1 mi · ▲ 1,428 ft · 4 hr 5 min

Elevation 536–1,185 ft

Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve

Trailhead: Near Trapps access trail · 41.73637, -74.19354

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Near Trapps access trail, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftPass Undercliff Carriage Viewpoint.
  3. 150 ftPass Overlook.
  4. 0.1 miSharp right onto Millbrook Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miSharp right onto Trapps Trail, heading N.
  6. 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn right onto Trapps Parking Access, heading E.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftSharp right onto Overcliff Carriage Road, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftPass Welcome Boulder.
  11. 2.3 miSharp left onto Laurel Ledge, heading S.
  12. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Plateau Path, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miPass Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach.
  14. 100 ftBear right onto Laurel Ledge, heading NE.
  15. 0.3 miPass Sunset Rock.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto Clove Path, heading NE.
  17. 0.3 miSharp right onto Undivided Lot Trail, heading N.
  18. 1 miTurn left onto Outback Slab, heading NE.
  19. 100 ftPass Ouback Slab.
  20. 50 ftPass Outback Slab.
  21. 50 ftReach Sunset Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 150 ftTurn right onto Undivided Lot Trail, heading NE.
  23. 1 miSharp left onto Clove Path, heading SW.
  24. 0.3 miTurn right onto Laurel Ledge, heading S.
  25. 0.3 miBear left onto Plateau Path, heading SW.
  26. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Laurel Ledge, heading SW.
  27. 0.5 miSharp right onto Overcliff Carriage Road, heading S.
  28. 2.3 miSharp left, heading W.
  29. 50 ftBear left onto Trapps Parking Access, heading W.
  30. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  31. 50 ftTurn right onto Trapps Trail, heading SW.
  32. 200 ftSharp left onto Millbrook Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  33. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  34. 50 ftContinue straight onto Near Trapps access trail, heading SE.
  35. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

63% gravel23% dirt14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~59 min). Leave by 6:03 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:33 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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