2025-07-22 11 58 21 View northbound ascending the "Stairway to Heaven" section of the Appalachian Trail in Vernon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.jpg
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Appalachian Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Wawayanda State Park near DeKays, NJ. It climbs 891 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi440 – 1,352 ft · steepest grade: 29%2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Appalachian Trail 41.21934, -74.45526
Nearest town DeKays, NJ

Directions

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Appalachian Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 891 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Elevation 439–1,352 ft

Out & Back · Wawayanda State Park

Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 41.21934, -74.45526

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Appalachian Trail, heading SE.
  2. 1.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  3. 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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