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High Mountain Park Preserve

Ancients Pond & Jack's via Summit Trail

2.3 mi · ▲ 428 ft · 59 min

Ancients Pond & Jack's via Summit Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in High Mountain Park Preserve near North Haledon, NJ. The route reaches Ancients Pond at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It climbs 428 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi456 – 722 ft · steepest grade: 17%2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Woodland Trail 40.97945, -74.20461
Nearest town North Haledon, NJ
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Ancients Pond & Jack's via Summit Trail

2.3 mi · ▲ 428 ft · 59 min

Elevation 458–721 ft

Out & Back · High Mountain Park Preserve

Trailhead: Woodland Trail · 40.97945, -74.20461

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Woodland Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  3. 150 ftTurn right onto Summit Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Indians Double Track, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Dyn-O-Mite!, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftPass Ancients Pond.
  9. 250 ftBear right, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Jack's, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  12. 100 ftSharp right, heading N.
  13. 150 ftSharp left, heading N.
  14. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miSharp left onto Woodland Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.2 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/ancients-pond-ancients-pond-out-back-3-lakes-4-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:28 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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