1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
2. 250 ftBear right onto Many Swamp Trail, heading E.
3. 50 ftBear left onto Tuxedo-Mount Ivy Trail, heading NE.
4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red Arrow Connector Trail, heading NW.
6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
7. 250 ftContinue straight onto Red Arrow Trail, heading NW.
8. 0.2 miBear right onto Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail, heading NW.
9. 0.7 miPass Third Reservoir.
10. 0.8 miPass Big Hill.
11. 50 ftPass Suffern-Bear Mountain Viewpoint.
12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Long Path/Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail, heading NE.
13. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Long Path, heading NE.
14. 50 ftTurn left onto Suffern-Bear Mountain, heading NE.
15. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
16. 0.6 miReach Big Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
17. 0.6 miSharp right, heading W.
18. 0.9 miTurn right onto Long Path, heading SW.
19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Long Path/Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail, heading SW.
20. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Suffern-Bear Mountain Trail, heading S.
21. 1.6 miBear left onto Red Arrow Trail, heading SE.
22. 0.3 miTurn left onto Red Arrow Connector Trail, heading S.
23. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Tuxedo-Mount Ivy Trail, heading SE.
24. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
25. 0.2 miBear right onto Many Swamp Trail, heading SE.
26. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
27. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/big-hill-third-reservoir-out-back-9-sights