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Welcome Boulder–Overlook, 8 sights is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Mohonk Preserve near Lake Minnewaska, NY. The route passes Undercliff Carriage Viewpoint, Overlook and Welcome Boulder. It climbs 802 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi784 – 1,184 ft · steepest grade: 21%9.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Near Trapps access trail 41.73637, -74.19354
Nearest town Lake Minnewaska, NY

Directions

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Welcome Boulder–Overlook, 8 sights

8.7 mi · ▲ 802 ft · 3 hr 18 min

Elevation 784–1,185 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

  1. Start on Near Trapps access trail, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftPass Undercliff Carriage Viewpoint.
  3. 150 ftPass Overlook.
  4. 0.1 miSharp right onto Millbrook Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miSharp right onto Trapps Trail, heading N.
  6. 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn right onto Trapps Parking Access, heading E.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftSharp right onto Overcliff Carriage Road, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftPass Welcome Boulder.
  11. 2.4 miTurn left onto Rhododendron Bridge, heading NE.
  12. 100 ftTurn right onto Oakwood Drive, heading E.
  13. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Glory Hill Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.4 miReach Welcome Boulder, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Oakwood Drive, heading N.
  16. 1.2 miTurn left onto Rhododendron Bridge, heading N.
  17. 100 ftTurn right onto Overcliff Carriage Road, heading N.
  18. 2.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto Trapps Parking Access, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftTurn right onto Trapps Trail, heading SW.
  22. 200 ftSharp left onto Millbrook Ridge Trail, heading S.
  23. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Near Trapps access trail, heading NW.
  25. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

83% gravel12% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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