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Welcome Boulder–Swimming Hole, 7 sights is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Lake Minnewaska, NY. The route passes Split Rock, Swimming Hole and Welcome Boulder. It climbs 520 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi679 – 1,116 ft · steepest grade: 16%6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Minnewaska Trail 41.74444, -74.19699
Nearest town Lake Minnewaska, NY

Directions

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Welcome Boulder–Swimming Hole, 7 sights

6.2 mi · ▲ 520 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Elevation 679–1,114 ft

Out & Back · Mohonk Preserve

Trailhead: Old Minnewaska Trail · 41.74444, -74.19699

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Old Minnewaska Trail, heading NE.
  2. 450 ftPass Split Rock.
  3. 50 ftPass Swimming Hole.
  4. 150 ftSharp right onto Shongum Path, heading S.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Enderly's Path, heading W.
  6. 0.3 miReach Welcome Boulder, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Shongum Path, heading SE.
  8. 0.3 miBear left onto West Trapps Parking Connector, heading SE.
  9. 350 ftContinue straight onto Trapps Parking Access, heading S.
  10. 50 ftPass Welcome Boulder.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftSharp right onto Overcliff Carriage Road, heading SE.
  13. 2.3 miSharp left onto Laurel Ledge, heading S.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Minnewaska Trail, heading NE.
  15. 2.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

46% gravel43% dirt11% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~56 min). Leave by 6:06 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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