Beech Road
9.7 mi · ▲ 1,615 ft · 4 hr 2 min
Beech Road is a 9.7-mile out-and-back in Tranquility Ridge Park near Skylands, NJ. It climbs 1,615 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi528 – 1,240 ft · steepest grade: 24%10.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.14629, -74.26639
Nearest town Skylands, NJ
Directions
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Beech Road
9.7 mi · ▲ 1,615 ft · 4 hr 2 min
Elevation 529–1,241 ft
Out & Back · Tranquility Ridge Park
Trailhead: 41.14629, -74.26639
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:43 AM · sunset 7:00 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading NE.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Beech Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Fire Tower Trail / West Valley Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1 miTurn left onto Beech Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 6:43 AMSunset 7:00 PM
More from this trailhead
- Lake to Lake Trail 10.5 mi · ▲ 1,442 ft
- Lake to Lake Trail 10.3 mi · ▲ 1,459 ft
- Beech Road 10.7 mi · ▲ 1,952 ft
- Beech Road 9.7 mi · ▲ 1,521 ft
- Beech Road 9.5 mi · ▲ 1,538 ft
- Beech Road 5.9 mi · ▲ 419 ft
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