Since 2014, the Open Space Institute has collaborated with the NYS Department of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation to restore the historic carriage roads at Minnewaska State Park Preserve. The latest to be restored, the historic 2.8-mile High Point Carriage route restablishes access to parts of the park that haven't been reachable in decades, as well as connecting the Lake Minnewaska and Sam's Point visitor centers.
ELLENVILLE, N.Y. The High Point Carriage Road, a historic 2.8-mile piece of the Minnewaska State Park Preserve’s Victorian-era carriage road network, has officially re-opened to the public thanks to recent upgrades and repairs completed by the Open Space Institute in partnership with the Palisades Interstate Park Commission and the Office of Parks, Recreation and […]
The network of carriage roads that lace Minnewaska State Park Preserve were built in the late 1800s for scenic rides in horse-drawn sleighs and carriages..