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Ramapo Valley County Reservation

Black Birch Way–Halifax Trail, 3 sights

6.7 mi · ▲ 1,149 ft · 2 hr 48 min

Black Birch Way–Halifax Trail, 3 sights is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Valley County Reservation near Hillburn, NY. It climbs 1,149 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi564 – 1,027 ft · steepest grade: 18%6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Algonquin Gas Service Road 41.10706, -74.18128
Nearest town Hillburn, NY
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Black Birch Way–Halifax Trail, 3 sights

6.7 mi · ▲ 1,149 ft · 2 hr 48 min

Elevation 563–1,026 ft

Out & Back · Ramapo Valley County Reservation

Trailhead: Algonquin Gas Service Road · 41.10706, -74.18128

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:21 PM

  1. Start on Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading W.
  2. 1.2 miTurn right onto Halifax Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading NW.
  4. 1.7 miTurn left onto Black Birch Way, heading NW.
  5. 400 ftReach Halifax Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 350 ftTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
  7. 1.7 miTurn left onto Halifax Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading S.
  9. 1.2 miArrive 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/black-birch-way-out-back

Trail surface

13% dirt87% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:21 PM

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