Hiking Mohonk Preserve, Ny - Millbrook Ridge

ABOUT THE PARK:
Mohonk Preserve - Mohonk Preserve
There is a $15 per somebody fee to hike at Mohonk Preserve

DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates to Visitor Center Parking 41.73582, -74.18643

There are several parking lots in addition to they all fill upwardly up afterwards inwards the day. I parked inwards the firstly lot which was empty at 8 AM.

TRAIL MAP:
Shawangunk Trails Map 105 - New York New Bailiwick of Jersey Trail Conference

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HIKE DISTANCE: 8.7 miles

THE HIKE:

From the entrance of the visitor middle parking lot, caput towards the visitor center.

Left inwards forepart of the visitor middle ...

... to the East Trapps Connector Trail.

The trail follows along a common route for a bit, blazes painted on the pavement.

Then upwardly through the woods in addition to through some other parking lot which is pretty total at 8AM - that is where the stone climbers park.

After paying the fee to the overnice human being who sits at the cease of the stone climber lot it's upwardly the steps on the East Trapps Connector Trail.

Proof of Payment

Then upwardly a maze of steep stone steps.

At the top, left on the railroad vehicle route which is Undercliff Road.

Even early on inwards the morning, lots of stone climbers going upwardly The Trapps.

An overlook of the overlook on Route 44/55. The views are fifty-fifty improve from upwardly hither in addition to y'all don't demand to hold off for a parking infinite when it's ever total afterwards inwards the day.

After going through these massive stones ...

... left on the twain ...

... over Route 44/55.

The showtime of autumn colors. This expanse is gorgeous during peak leafage but also insanely crowded.

Just a curt distance on Trapps Road ...

... to a left o n the Millbrook Ridge Trail.

Where it has already been pretty crowded amongst people upwardly to now, that was all left behind in ane trial nosotros turned on the trails in addition to nosotros had this whole trail to ourselves.

Nearing the top, some views of the Catskills.

Mohonk Mountain House behind us.

Views to the east.

Although the map solely shows ii viewpoints along this trail, in that location are many along the way.

Zoom inwards to the tower at Mohonk Mountain House.

There are ii options for curt cutting this hike - this is the firstly but nosotros continued on.

This overlook was already occupied.

It looks similar in that location is harm to the side of his human face upwardly :(

Bear!

Fall leafage is actually starting to popular over at Minnewaska State Park.

The Catskills

I constitute a overnice interruption location amongst a thought correct downward the Shawangunk Ridge.

My shin got pretty messed upwardly from that autumn inwards New Hampshire terminal weekend. Ended upwardly at the urgent attention house because the hurting became increasingly worse, the injure was non healing in addition to my ankles swelled. No os damage, give thank y'all goodness, but some antibiotics, a tetanus shot in addition to a double dose of naproxin in addition to I am hiking! After a summertime amongst ane hot in addition to humid weekend after another, it was the firstly weekend amongst temps inwards the 60's in addition to depression humidity in addition to I was non sitting this ane out.

Zooming inwards to The Trapps where somebody is climbing. I acquire calendar week inwards the knees only looking at it.

The solely litter I saw in addition to this was getting unopen to Minnewaska State Park trails where tons of people come upwardly up from Lake Minnewaska. Brodie packed this out.

One thought ...

... after some other ...

... after another.

People over inwards Minnesaska State Park.

At the cease of Millbrook Ridge Trail, after non having seen whatsoever other people it gets crazy busy amongst people coming upwardly from Lake Minnewaska to the Millbrook Mountain Overlook.

Descending on the Millbrook Mountain Trail where everyone is coming upwardly from Lake Minnewaska.

It's solely a curt distance earlier nosotros accomplish the solitude of the Coxing Trail upwardly ahead.

A correct on the Coxing Trail leaving the vibrations in addition to crowds behind.

The Coxing Trail is a much gentler descent than the climb upwardly was.

Last of the views on the agency down.

You tin listen Coxing Kill but can't run across it. Just earlier the trail heads away from the H2O sound, a curt side path to ...

Coxing Kill

Back on the Coxing Trail.

Puncheons through moisture sections

Other times y'all convey to respect your ain agency through swampy areas but in that location are unremarkably plenty rocks to hop.

The Coxing Trail ends at Trapps Road where nosotros turned right.

Quite a collection of constitute hats on the trail sign.

Trapps Road

Passing the other cease of that firstly shortcut trail.

The Millbrook Trail where nosotros started.

Right only about the bend, the twain over Route 44/55.

That overlook on Route 44/55 is ever total afterwards inwards the day.

This is where nosotros would convey turned to acquire dorsum on the Trapps Connector Trail but nosotros continued on the Undercliff Trail for a chip first.

The views aren't nigh every bit overnice every bit those from the showtime of our hike therefore nosotros took a interruption at the minute overlook ...

... in addition to then headed back.

Going steeply downward the Trapps Connector Trail.

There is the overnice human being who has been sitting in that location all twenty-four hours collecting fees.

The lot the stone climbers common inwards is right away packed in addition to spills out along the drive.

Where nosotros parked was packed now, too.

Not fifty-fifty out of the parking location nevertheless in addition to he is out cold.

I ever laid my GPS on "no tolls" going domicile because I learned years agone that driving through New Paltz to the freeway afterwards inwards the twenty-four hours is a bad, bad idea. The bonus of taking dorsum route on this drive was the organic farm stand upwardly I came across.