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High Mountain Park Preserve

Beech Mountain-Clove Viewpoint–Ancients Pond, 5 sights

4.7 mi · ▲ 828 ft · 1 hr 59 min

Beech Mountain-Clove Viewpoint–Ancients Pond, 5 sights is a 4.7-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, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 828 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi456 – 787 ft · steepest grade: 21%5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Woodland Trail 40.97945, -74.20461
Nearest town North Haledon, NJ
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Beech Mountain-Clove Viewpoint–Ancients Pond, 5 sights

4.7 mi · ▲ 828 ft · 1 hr 59 min

Elevation 458–787 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 SW.
  6. 0.3 miPass Ancients Pond.
  7. 50 ftTurn right onto Dyn-O-Mite!, heading SW.
  8. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  10. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  11. 0.5 miSharp left, heading N.
  12. 450 ftBear left onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading W.
  13. 100 ftContinue straight onto North Ancients- 2, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftTurn right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading NW.
  15. 100 ftTurn left onto North Ancients- 2, heading W.
  16. 400 ftTurn right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading S.
  17. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  18. 50 ftTurn right onto South Ancients, heading S.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading S.
  20. 0.1 miReach Beech Mountain-Clove Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 0.1 miContinue straight onto South Ancients, heading N.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  23. 50 ftBear left onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading NW.
  24. 0.4 miTurn left onto North Ancients- 2, heading N.
  25. 350 ftTurn right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
  26. 150 ftTurn left onto North Ancients- 2, heading N.
  27. 50 ftContinue straight onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
  28. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  29. 450 ftSharp right, heading N.
  30. 0.5 miBear left onto Dyn-O-Mite!, heading S.
  31. 300 ftBear left, heading S.
  32. 450 ftBear left, heading S.
  33. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
  34. 0.3 miBear left onto Indians Double Track, heading SE.
  35. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Summit Trail, heading NE.
  36. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  37. 150 ftTurn right onto Woodland Trail, heading NE.
  38. 0.4 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/beech-mountain-clove-viewpoint-ancients-pond-out-back-6-sights-8-km-8ea5

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:28 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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