Tranquility Ridge Park

Beech Ridge–Hewitt Connector Trail, 4 sights

10.3 mi · ▲ 1,197 ft · 4 hr 2 min

Beech Ridge–Hewitt Connector Trail, 4 sights is a 10.3-mile out-and-back in Tranquility Ridge Park near Skylands, NJ. It climbs 1,197 ft. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi400 – 791 ft10.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Hewitt Connector Trail 41.14171, -74.24897
Nearest town Skylands, NJ

Directions

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Beech Ridge–Hewitt Connector Trail, 4 sights

10.3 mi · ▲ 1,197 ft · 4 hr 2 min

Elevation 400–790 ft

Out & Back · Tranquility Ridge Park

Trailhead: Hewitt Connector Trail · 41.14171, -74.24897

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Hewitt Connector Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
  4. 0.7 miTurn right onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 0.9 miBear right onto Beech Road, heading NW.
  7. 0.9 miTurn right onto Beech Ridge, heading S.
  8. 0.7 miTurn left onto Sterling Ridge/Highlands Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.5 miBear left onto Jennings Hollow Trail, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftReach Hewitt Connector Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 100 ftBear right onto Sterling Ridge/Highlands Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right onto Beech Ridge, heading NE.
  13. 0.7 miTurn left onto Beech Road, heading S.
  14. 0.9 miBear left, heading E.
  15. 0.8 miTurn left onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.8 miTurn left, heading SE.
  17. 0.7 miSharp right, heading SE.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left onto Hewitt Connector Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.5 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

9% dirt91% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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