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Swimming Hole–Split Rock, 4 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Lake Minnewaska, NY. The route passes Split Rock and Swimming Hole. It climbs 342 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi614 – 958 ft · steepest grade: 18%2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: West Trapps Parking Connector 41.73733, -74.19744
Nearest town Lake Minnewaska, NY

Directions

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Swimming Hole–Split Rock, 4 sights

2 mi · ▲ 342 ft · 50 min

Elevation 615–958 ft

Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve

Trailhead: West Trapps Parking Connector · 41.73733, -74.19744

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on West Trapps Parking Connector, heading NE.
  2. 450 ftSharp left onto Shongum Path, heading NW.
  3. 0.6 miSharp left onto Old Minnewaska Trail, heading W.
  4. 100 ftSharp right onto Coxing Kill, heading N.
  5. 50 ftPass Split Rock.
  6. 50 ftPass Swimming Hole.
  7. 0.3 miReach Swimming Hole, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.3 miSharp left onto Old Minnewaska Trail, heading S.
  9. 50 ftSharp right onto Shongum Path, heading E.
  10. 0.6 miSharp right onto West Trapps Parking Connector, heading S.
  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 surface

91% dirt9% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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