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Beaver Pond & Cove Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back near Morris, NJ. The route reaches Beaver Pond. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi0 – 23 ft3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Eastern Cottonwood Trail 40.00239, -75.04309
Nearest town Morris, NJ

Directions

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Beaver Pond & Cove Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Elevation 0–23 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Eastern Cottonwood Trail · 40.00239, -75.04309

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftTurn left onto Red Winged Blackbird Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.1 miSharp left onto Honeysuckle Trail, heading S.
  4. 350 ftTurn right onto Fox Run Trail, heading W.
  5. 500 ftTurn left onto Eastern Cottonwood Trail, heading S.
  6. 50 ftPass Beaver Pond.
  7. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left onto Cove Trail, heading SW.
  9. 1.2 miReach Beaver Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 1.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left onto Eastern Cottonwood Trail, heading SE.
  12. 350 ftTurn right onto Fox Run Trail, heading NE.
  13. 500 ftTurn left onto Honeysuckle Trail, heading NE.
  14. 350 ftSharp right onto Red Winged Blackbird Trail, heading NE.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

66% dirt30% boardwalk4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~41 min). Leave by 6:27 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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