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Sundown Wild Forest

Vernooy Kill Falls & Snowmobile Trail (Orange)

8.7 mi · ▲ 1,168 ft · 3 hr 29 min

Vernooy Kill Falls & Snowmobile Trail (Orange) is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Sundown Wild Forest near Riggsville, NY. The route reaches Vernooy Kill Falls. It climbs 1,168 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,581 – 2,034 ft · steepest grade: 34%8.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.88991, -74.34932
Nearest town Riggsville, NY
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Vernooy Kill Falls & Snowmobile Trail (Orange)

8.7 mi · ▲ 1,168 ft · 3 hr 29 min

Elevation 1,580–2,035 ft

Out & Back · Sundown Wild Forest

Trailhead: 41.88991, -74.34932

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Dymond Road, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  4. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Snowmobile Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Long Path (Blue), heading SW.
  6. 0.9 miPass Vernooy Kill Falls.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Snowmobile Trail (Orange), heading SW.
  8. 1.8 miReach Vernooy Kill Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 1.8 miBear left onto Long Path (Blue), heading NE.
  10. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Snowmobile Trail, heading NE.
  11. 1.2 miSharp right onto Dymond Road, heading NE.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  13. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/vernooy-kill-falls-snowmobile-trail-orange-out-back-4935

Trail surface

100% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:23 PM

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