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Long Pond Ironworks State Park

Beech Road & Patterson Mine via Jennings Hollow Trail

7.8 mi · ▲ 684 ft · 2 hr 57 min

Beech Road & Patterson Mine via Jennings Hollow Trail is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Long Pond Ironworks State Park near Cooper, NJ. It climbs 684 ft. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi423 – 705 ft7.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Jennings Hollow Bridge Connector 41.16340, -74.31664
Nearest town Cooper, NJ
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Beech Road & Patterson Mine via Jennings Hollow Trail

7.8 mi · ▲ 684 ft · 2 hr 57 min

Elevation 422–707 ft

Out & Back · Long Pond Ironworks State Park

Trailhead: Jennings Hollow Bridge Connector · 41.16340, -74.31664

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Jennings Hollow Trail Connector, heading NE.
  2. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Jennings Hollow Trail, heading NE.
  3. 2.3 miSharp left onto Sterling Ridge/Highlands Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Patterson Mine, heading NE.
  5. 0.5 miSharp right onto Beech Road, heading E.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Beech Road/Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Beech Road/Monks Connector Trail, heading SE.
  8. 350 ftReach Patterson Mine, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 300 ftContinue straight onto Beech Road/Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Beech Road, heading N.
  11. 0.3 miSharp left onto Patterson Mine, heading W.
  12. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Sterling Ridge/Highlands Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miSharp right onto Jennings Hollow Trail, heading SW.
  14. 2.3 miContinue straight onto Jennings Hollow Trail Connector, heading SW.
  15. 0.2 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-road-patterson-mine-out-back

Trail surface

6% dirt94% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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