Manorville Hills
Mannorville, Brookhaven, Suffolk County, Long Island, NY
Directions:
Western parking area. Take the Long Island Expressway to exit 70; drive south on Rt. 111 (Port Washington-West Hampton Road) about 1.2 miles and turn left onto Halsey Manor Road; drive 0.89 of a mile and park along the road just before it crosses the LIE.
Geology:
The Harbor Hill moraine forms the northern fluke of Long Island. The older Ronkonkoma moraine forms the southern fluke. The Ronkonkoma Moraine tilts towards South Fork here. This area has the highest concentration of glacial erratics in Long Island's Pine Barrens.
Trails:
Paumanok Path (white-blazed) in this area:
heading east, north of Mill Road
Halsey Manor Road (just south of the Long Island Expressway) -- parking here
parallels the LIE (south of it) heading northeast -- Sunset Hill at 190'
southeast to Deep Kettle
Doubletop Hill at 250'
northeast to Deep Hollow
High Hill at 300'
Hunters Garden
Bald Hill at 295'
parking along Rt. 51
connecting trails to (north to south) Nugent Pond, Second Pond, Tear Drop Pond
parking at Suffolk Community College (Route 88)
Wildwood Lake (parking in southeast section) which borders the David A. Sarnoff
Pine Barrens Preserve on its eastern border