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Vernooy Kill Falls–Long Path (Blue/Aqua), 4 sights

6.1 mi · ▲ 723 ft · 2 hr 24 min

Vernooy Kill Falls–Long Path (Blue/Aqua), 4 sights is a 6.1-mile out-and-back in Sundown Wild Forest near Greenville, NY. The route reaches Vernooy Kill Falls. It climbs 723 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 92/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,667 – 2,034 ft · steepest grade: 16%6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Snowmobile Trail (Orange) 41.87917, -74.40125
Nearest town Greenville, NY
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Vernooy Kill Falls–Long Path (Blue/Aqua), 4 sights

6.1 mi · ▲ 723 ft · 2 hr 24 min

Elevation 1,665–2,035 ft

Out & Back · Sundown Wild Forest

Trailhead: Snowmobile Trail (Orange) · 41.87917, -74.40125

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Snowmobile Trail (Orange), heading SE.
  2. 1.8 miPass Vernooy Kill Falls.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Long Path (Blue/Aqua), heading E.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto herd path, heading SE.
  5. 1 miReach Vernooy Kill Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1 miTurn left onto Long Path (Blue/Aqua), heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Snowmobile Trail (Orange), heading SW.
  8. 1.8 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/vernooy-kill-falls-long-path-blue-aqua-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

33% dirt1% boardwalk66% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.1 mi in (~86 min). Leave by 5:37 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:06 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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