Beech Mountain–Ancients Pond, 5 sights
5 mi · ▲ 679 ft · 2 hr
Beech Mountain–Ancients Pond, 5 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in High Mountain Park Preserve near North Haledon, NJ. The route passes Ancients Pond before reaching Beech Mountain at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 679 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Beech Mountain–Ancients Pond, 5 sights
5 mi · ▲ 679 ft · 2 hr
Elevation 457–821 ft
Out & Back · High Mountain Park Preserve
Trailhead: WP Double Track · 40.95374, -74.19693
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on WP Double Track, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Woodland Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Black Bear, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Woodland Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Grandpa's Favorite, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Ancients Pond.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Dyn-O-Mite!, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading N.
- 400 ftBear left onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto North Ancients- 2, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right onto North Ancients- 3, heading N.
- 0.6 miReach Beech Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto North Ancients- 2, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Dyn-O-Mite!, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Grandpa's Favorite, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Woodland Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Black Bear, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Woodland Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left onto WP Double Track, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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