High Mountain Park Preserve

Black Bear Sunset Point–Ancients Pond, 3 sights

3.6 mi · ▲ 391 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Black Bear Sunset Point–Ancients Pond, 3 sights is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in High Mountain Park Preserve near North Haledon, NJ. The route passes Ancients Pond before reaching Black Bear Sunset Point at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 391 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi456 – 663 ft4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Beech Mountain-Clove Trail 40.98036, -74.21243
Nearest town North Haledon, NJ

Directions

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Black Bear Sunset Point–Ancients Pond, 3 sights

3.6 mi · ▲ 391 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Elevation 457–663 ft

Out & Back · High Mountain Park Preserve

Trailhead: Beech Mountain-Clove Trail · 40.98036, -74.21243

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

  1. Start on Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  3. 0.7 miBear left onto Dyn-O-Mite!, heading S.
  4. 50 ftPass Ancients Pond.
  5. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  6. 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  11. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Grandpa's Favorite, heading E.
  13. 100 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  14. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  15. 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftTurn right onto Woodland Trail, heading SE.
  17. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Black Bear, heading S.
  18. 150 ftContinue straight onto Woodland Trail, heading S.
  19. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  20. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftTurn left onto Black Bear, heading SW.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  23. 0.2 miReach Black Bear Sunset Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  25. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
  26. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  27. 100 ftTurn left onto Woodland Trail, heading S.
  28. 250 ftContinue straight onto Black Bear, heading SW.
  29. 150 ftContinue straight onto Woodland Trail, heading SW.
  30. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  31. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  32. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  33. 450 ftSharp right onto Grandpa's Favorite, heading W.
  34. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  35. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
  36. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  37. 150 ftContinue straight onto Dyn-O-Mite!, heading N.
  38. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  39. 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
  40. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  41. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  42. 0.7 miBear right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
  43. 350 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

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:28 AMSunset 7:25 PM

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