Biking at Minnewaska State Park Preserve

Today we drove about two and a half hours north to Minnewaska State Park Preserve in New York State, on the Shawangunk Mountain Ridge, adjoining the Catskill Mountains. We biked for about fifteen miles, and had beautiful views of two lakes and many scenic overlooks.

View of Lake Awosting

Scenic overlook with a view of Lake Awosting and the Catskill Mountains

Looking across Lake Awosting

Wildflowers in bloom

Another overlook of the lake

There were many vistas with steep rock formations.


We stopped at Castle Point overlook for lunch. Here you can see the rock formation known as Gertrude's Nose in the distance.

Another view of Gertrude's Nose and surrounding forests and farmland.

Mountain biking with Catskills in the distance

Overlooking Lake Minnewaska

Another view of Lake Minnewaska, this time showing some more of the rocky overlooks.