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Minnewaska State Park Preserve

Whale's Head & Lost City Viewpoint via High Peter's Kill Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 1,107 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Whale's Head & Lost City Viewpoint via High Peter's Kill Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Minnewaska State Park Preserve near Lake Minnewaska, NY. The route passes Whale's Head before reaching Lost City Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 1,107 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi843 – 1,440 ft · steepest grade: 28%5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: High Peter's Kill Trail Connector 41.73490, -74.24392
Nearest town Lake Minnewaska, NY
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Whale's Head & Lost City Viewpoint via High Peter's Kill Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 1,107 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Elevation 843–1,441 ft

Out & Back · Minnewaska State Park Preserve

Trailhead: High Peter's Kill Trail Connector · 41.73490, -74.24392

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on High Peter's Kill Trail Connector, heading N.
  2. 2.4 miPass Lost City Viewpoint.
  3. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 100 ftReach Whale's Head, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 50 ftTurn right onto High Peter's Kill Trail, heading SE.
  6. 2.5 miBear left, heading W.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto High Peter's Kill Trail Connector, heading W.
  8. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/whales-head-lost-city-viewpoint-out-back-8-km

Trail surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.2 mi in (~67 min). Leave by 5:55 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:49 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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