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.
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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
- Start on Near Trapps access trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Undercliff Carriage Viewpoint.
- 150 ftPass Overlook.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Millbrook Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Trapps Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Trapps Parking Access, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Overcliff Carriage Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Welcome Boulder.
- 2.3 miSharp left onto Laurel Ledge, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Plateau Path, heading N.
- 0.1 miPass Mohonk Mountain House Property Beach.
- 100 ftBear right onto Laurel Ledge, heading NE.
- 0.3 miPass Sunset Rock.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Clove Path, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Undivided Lot Trail, heading N.
- 1 miTurn left onto Outback Slab, heading NE.
- 100 ftPass Ouback Slab.
- 50 ftPass Outback Slab.
- 50 ftReach Sunset Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Undivided Lot Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miSharp left onto Clove Path, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Laurel Ledge, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Plateau Path, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Laurel Ledge, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Overcliff Carriage Road, heading S.
- 2.3 miSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Trapps Parking Access, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Trapps Trail, heading SW.
- 200 ftSharp left onto Millbrook Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Near Trapps access trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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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.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Near Trapps access trail Trailhead
- Trapps Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Welcome Boulder–Overlook, 8 sights 8.7 mi · ▲ 802 ft
- Millbrook Mountain–Awosting Falls, 16 sights 14.7 mi · ▲ 2,643 ft
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