Buttermilk Falls–Hemlock Lake, 3 sights is a 4.4-mile out-and-back near Haneys Mill, NJ. The route passes Buttermilk Falls before reaching Hemlock Lake at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 879 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi423 – 1,214 ft · steepest grade: 35%4.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.13704, -74.88905
Nearest town Haneys Mill, NJ
Directions
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Buttermilk Falls–Hemlock Lake, 3 sights
4.4 mi · ▲ 879 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 424–1,214 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.13704, -74.88905
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Buttermilk Falls.
- 1 miTurn right onto Woods Road, heading SW.
- 1.1 miPass Hemlock Lake.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Blue Mt Lake Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Woods Road, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Buttermilk Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Blue Mt Lake Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Woods Road, heading S.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
99% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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