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.
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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
- Start on Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Matapan Rock Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Hilltop Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Mary Post Road/Schuber Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old Guard/Schuber Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Schuber Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Yellow / Yellow-Silver Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftPass North Lookout.
- 50 ftBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miPass Yellow / Schuber Viewpoint.
- 50 ftPass Twin Hill.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Yellow / Schuber Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Schuber Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Mountain Road, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn right onto Rocky Mountain Connector, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ridge Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftPass Mill Race Ruins.
- 0.3 miPass MacMillan Reservoir.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Reservoir Loop, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Reservoir/Vista Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Ridge/Vista Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Vista Loop/Waterfall Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass MacMillan Brook Falls.
- 50 ftPass Middle Valley.
- 350 ftReach Twin Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Ridge/Vista Loop Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left onto Reservoir/Vista Loop Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Ridge Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Reservoir Loop, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Rocky Mountain Connector, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Schuber Trail, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Yellow / Schuber Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Yellow / Yellow-Silver Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Schuber Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Guard/Schuber Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mary Post Road/Schuber Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Hilltop Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Matapan Rock Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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