Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Whale's Head–High Peter's Kill Viewpoint, 5 sights
1.6 mi · ▲ 203 ft · 38 min
Whale's Head–High Peter's Kill Viewpoint, 5 sights is a 1.6-mile out-and-back in Minnewaska State Park Preserve near Lake Minnewaska, NY. The route passes Breakfast Wall and Whale's Head before reaching High Peter's Kill Viewpoint at the turnaround, 0.8 miles in. It is mostly level, with 203 ft of elevation gain. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Whale's Head–High Peter's Kill Viewpoint, 5 sights
1.6 mi · ▲ 203 ft · 38 min
Elevation 1,116–1,268 ft
Out & Back · Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Trailhead: Awosting Falls Connector · 41.73786, -74.21898
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.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Loop, heading NE.
- 250 ftPass Breakfast Wall.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Bull Wheel Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto High Peter's Kill Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miPass High Peter's Kill Viewpoint.
- 50 ftReach Whale's Head, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Bull Wheel Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Red Loop, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 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 0.5 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 6:45 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:51 PM — 0 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Awosting Falls Connector Trailhead
- Whale's Head–High Peter's Kill Viewpoint, 3 summits 1.3 mi · ▲ 227 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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