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