Three Brothers–Welcome Boulder, 7 sights is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Lake Minnewaska, NY. The route passes Welcome Boulder and Three Pines before reaching Three Brothers at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 941 ft, with sections as steep as 42% grade. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi758 – 1,132 ft · steepest grade: 42%4.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Trapps Hamlet Path 41.73611, -74.20034
Nearest town Lake Minnewaska, NY
Directions
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Three Brothers–Welcome Boulder, 7 sights
3.6 mi · ▲ 941 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Elevation 759–1,132 ft
Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve
Trailhead: Trapps Hamlet Path · 41.73611, -74.20034
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Trapps Hamlet Path, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Enderly's Path, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Shongum Path, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto West Trapps Parking Connector, heading SE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Trapps Parking Access, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Welcome Boulder.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Undercliff Carriage Road, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Baby / Easy O, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Cliff base trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Strictly's, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Undercliff Carriage Road, heading NE.
- 200 ftPass Three Pines.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto MF/MAC Wall, heading E.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Cliff base trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Undercliff Carriage Road, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Cakewalk, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Three Brothers, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Undercliff Carriage Road, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear right onto V-3, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto MF/MAC Wall, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Undercliff Carriage Road, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Strictly's, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Cliff base trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Baby / Easy O, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Undercliff Carriage Road, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Trapps Parking Access, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto West Trapps Parking Connector, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right onto Shongum Path, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Enderly's Path, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Trapps Hamlet Path, heading N.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
39% gravel27% dirt2% rock32% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 6:16 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:20 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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