1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
2. 0.6 miTurn left onto Cross Country, heading E.
3. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
4. 50 ftBear left onto Rockwood Drive, heading SE.
5. 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
6. 350 ftSharp right, heading SE.
7. 0.2 miPass Vault Hill.
8. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
9. 200 ftBear left onto John Muir Trail, heading S.
10. 0.1 miPass Van Cortlandt Lake.
11. 50 ftSharp left onto John Kieran Nature Trail, heading SW.
12. 150 ftTurn right onto Putnam Greenway, heading SE.
13. 100 ftContinue straight onto John Kieran Nature Trail, heading SE.
14. 0.2 miBear left onto Putnam Greenway, heading NE.
15. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
16. 100 ftSharp left, heading S.
17. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
18. 50 ftBear right onto Van Cortlandt Park Greenway, heading S.
19. 50 ftReach Vault Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
20. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
21. 50 ftTurn right onto Putnam Greenway, heading SW.
22. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
23. 50 ftSharp right, heading SW.
24. 300 ftBear right onto John Kieran Nature Trail, heading W.
25. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Putnam Greenway, heading SW.
26. 50 ftTurn left onto John Kieran Nature Trail, heading SW.
27. 150 ftSharp right onto John Muir Trail, heading NE.
28. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
29. 200 ftBear left, heading E.
30. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
31. 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
32. 200 ftBear right, heading N.
33. 50 ftTurn left onto Cross Country, heading N.
34. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
35. 0.5 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/vault-hill-van-cortlandt-lake-out-back-3-lakes