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High Mountain Park Preserve

Black Bear Sunset Point–Ancients Pond, 5 sights

5.6 mi · ▲ 858 ft · 2 hr 18 min

Black Bear Sunset Point–Ancients Pond, 5 sights is a 5.6-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, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 858 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi430 – 787 ft6.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.96914, -74.22115
Nearest town North Haledon, NJ
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Black Bear Sunset Point–Ancients Pond, 5 sights

5.6 mi · ▲ 858 ft · 2 hr 18 min

Elevation 430–787 ft

Out & Back · High Mountain Park Preserve

Trailhead: 40.96914, -74.22115

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

Transit-accessible: William Paterson U Valley Road Facility stop 241 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miBear right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miSharp left onto Purgatory, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto North Ancients- 3, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading SE.
  7. 500 ftTurn left onto North Ancients- 2, heading N.
  8. 400 ftTurn right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
  9. 100 ftTurn left onto North Ancients- 2, heading N.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading NE.
  11. 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
  12. 450 ftSharp right, heading E.
  13. 0.5 miPass Ancients Pond.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Dyn-O-Mite!, heading S.
  15. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
  16. 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
  17. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  19. 350 ftBear left, heading S.
  20. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  21. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  22. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Grandpa's Favorite, heading SE.
  23. 150 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  24. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  25. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  26. 50 ftTurn right onto Woodland Trail, heading E.
  27. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Black Bear, heading N.
  28. 100 ftContinue straight onto Woodland Trail, heading N.
  29. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  30. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
  31. 50 ftTurn left onto Black Bear, heading SE.
  32. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  33. 0.2 miReach Black Bear Sunset Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  34. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  35. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  36. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  37. 150 ftTurn left onto Woodland Trail, heading S.
  38. 250 ftContinue straight onto Black Bear, heading SW.
  39. 150 ftContinue straight onto Woodland Trail, heading S.
  40. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  41. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  42. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  43. 400 ftSharp right onto Grandpa's Favorite, heading N.
  44. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  45. 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
  46. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  47. 150 ftContinue straight onto Dyn-O-Mite!, heading NW.
  48. 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
  49. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
  50. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  51. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  52. 0.5 miSharp left, heading N.
  53. 450 ftBear left onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
  54. 100 ftContinue straight onto North Ancients- 2, heading N.
  55. 50 ftTurn right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
  56. 150 ftTurn left onto North Ancients- 2, heading NW.
  57. 350 ftTurn right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
  58. 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
  59. 0.3 miTurn left onto North Ancients- 3, heading N.
  60. 50 ftTurn left onto Purgatory, heading N.
  61. 0.2 miSharp right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading W.
  62. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  63. 400 ftArrive 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/black-bear-sunset-point-ancients-pond-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:28 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: William Paterson U Valley Road Facility stop 241 m from the trailhead

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