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Twin Hill–MacMillan Brook Falls, 12 sights is a 9.5-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Valley County Reservation near Erskine, NJ. The route passes North Lookout, Yellow / Schuber Viewpoint, Twin Hill and 3 more before reaching Middle Valley at the turnaround, 4.7 miles in. It climbs 1,643 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi249 – 991 ft · steepest grade: 23%10.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail 41.05940, -74.25053
Nearest town Erskine, NJ

Directions

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Twin Hill–MacMillan Brook Falls, 12 sights

9.5 mi · ▲ 1,643 ft · 3 hr 59 min

Elevation 250–992 ft

Out & Back · Ramapo Valley County Reservation

Trailhead: Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail · 41.05940, -74.25053

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftBear right onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading N.
  3. 0.4 miBear right onto Matapan Rock Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Hilltop Road, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miSharp left onto Mary Post Road/Schuber Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old Guard/Schuber Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto Schuber Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
  9. 100 ftTurn left onto Yellow / Yellow-Silver Trail, heading E.
  10. 50 ftPass North Lookout.
  11. 50 ftBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.2 miPass Yellow / Schuber Viewpoint.
  13. 50 ftPass Twin Hill.
  14. 150 ftContinue straight onto Yellow / Schuber Trail, heading NE.
  15. 0.5 miSharp right onto Schuber Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right onto Mountain Road, heading NE.
  17. 1 miTurn right onto Rocky Mountain Connector, heading NE.
  18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ridge Loop Trail, heading SE.
  19. 450 ftPass Mill Race Ruins.
  20. 0.3 miPass MacMillan Reservoir.
  21. 250 ftContinue straight onto Reservoir Loop, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Loop Trail, heading SE.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  24. 250 ftTurn right onto Reservoir/Vista Loop Trail, heading SE.
  25. 250 ftBear right onto Ridge/Vista Loop Trail, heading SE.
  26. 450 ftTurn right onto Vista Loop/Waterfall Trail, heading SE.
  27. 0.2 miPass MacMillan Brook Falls.
  28. 50 ftPass Middle Valley.
  29. 350 ftReach Twin Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  30. 0.3 miTurn left onto Ridge/Vista Loop Trail, heading N.
  31. 450 ftBear left onto Reservoir/Vista Loop Trail, heading W.
  32. 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  33. 250 ftTurn right onto Ridge Loop Trail, heading NW.
  34. 50 ftContinue straight onto Reservoir Loop, heading NW.
  35. 50 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Loop Trail, heading NW.
  36. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Rocky Mountain Connector, heading NW.
  37. 0.2 miTurn left onto Schuber Trail, heading NW.
  38. 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  39. 0.4 miSharp left onto Yellow / Schuber Trail, heading N.
  40. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
  41. 0.3 miBear right onto Yellow / Yellow-Silver Trail, heading SW.
  42. 50 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
  43. 100 ftContinue straight onto Schuber Trail, heading SW.
  44. 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Guard/Schuber Trail, heading SW.
  45. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mary Post Road/Schuber Trail, heading SW.
  46. 0.3 miSharp right onto Hilltop Road, heading NW.
  47. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Matapan Rock Trail, heading W.
  48. 0.1 miBear left onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading SW.
  49. 0.4 miBear left onto Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading W.
  50. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

61% dirt2% paved37% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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