Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Whale's Head–High Peter's Kill Viewpoint, 3 summits
1.3 mi · ▲ 227 ft · 33 min
Whale's Head–High Peter's Kill Viewpoint, 3 summits is a 1.3-mile out-and-back in Minnewaska State Park Preserve near Lake Minnewaska, NY. The route passes Whale's Head before reaching High Peter's Kill Viewpoint at the turnaround, 0.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 227 ft of elevation gain. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Whale's Head–High Peter's Kill Viewpoint, 3 summits
1.3 mi · ▲ 227 ft · 33 min
Elevation 1,126–1,268 ft
Out & Back · Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Trailhead: 41.73997, -74.21672
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Bull Wheel Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto High Peter's Kill Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach Whale's Head, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftPass High Peter's Kill Viewpoint.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Bull Wheel Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:46 PM — 4 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Whale's Head–High Peter's Kill Viewpoint, 5 sights 1.6 mi · ▲ 203 ft
- Trapps Trail via Awosting Falls Carriage Road 2.3 mi · ▲ 166 ft
- Breakfast Wall–Hidden Pond, 3 cliffs 3.4 mi · ▲ 762 ft
- Hidden Pond & Bull Wheel Trail via High Peter's Kill Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 844 ft
- Awosting Falls–Lake Minnewaska, 5 beaches 4.2 mi · ▲ 545 ft
- Bull Wheel Trail & Old New Paltz-Wawarsing Turnpike via High Peter's Kill Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 1,220 ft
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