Beech Mountain-Clove Viewpoint–Ancients Pond, 5 sights
5 mi · ▲ 782 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Beech Mountain-Clove Viewpoint–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-Clove Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 782 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
Getting there
Directions
Beech Mountain-Clove Viewpoint–Ancients Pond, 5 sights
5 mi · ▲ 782 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Elevation 457–787 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.
- 150 ftTurn left onto North Ancients- 2, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto South Ancients, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Beech Mountain-Clove Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto South Ancients, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto North Ancients- 2, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto North Ancients- 2, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Dyn-O-Mite!, heading NE.
- 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 S.
- 100 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Woodland Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Black Bear, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Woodland Trail, heading SE.
- 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.
Trail surface
Weather
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from WP Double Track Trailhead
- Snake–Transfer Loop, 3 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 287 ft
- Indians Loop–Secret Loop, 4 sights 2.3 mi · ▲ 252 ft
- Secret–Snake Loop, 3 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 370 ft
- Ancients Pond–Indians Loop Loop, 4 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 365 ft
- Mount Cecchino–Ancients Pond Loop, 4 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 433 ft
- Beech Mountain–Ancients Pond, 5 sights 5 mi · ▲ 679 ft
Get outside more
A wild hike near North Haledon, emailed to you once a week.
Hikes near North Haledon, New Jersey