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Long Pond Ironworks State Park

Hippo–Otter Slide, 6 sights

6.8 mi · ▲ 960 ft · 2 hr 45 min

Hippo–Otter Slide, 6 sights is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Long Pond Ironworks State Park near Awosting, NJ. It climbs 960 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi545 – 1,073 ft · steepest grade: 17%7.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.14950, -74.33455
Nearest town Awosting, NJ
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Hippo–Otter Slide, 6 sights

6.8 mi · ▲ 960 ft · 2 hr 45 min

Elevation 544–1,073 ft

Out & Back · Long Pond Ironworks State Park

Trailhead: 41.14950, -74.33455

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 300 ftTurn right onto Green Turtle, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  6. 1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 500 ftContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Hippo, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading SW.
  11. 150 ftBear left onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Lower Fenceline, heading SW.
  12. 150 ftContinue straight onto Safari 2, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lion Cage, heading S.
  14. 150 ftSharp left onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/G.O.A.T., heading S.
  15. 0.3 miBear left onto Tapawingo Spur Trail, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Tiger Pen, heading S.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Cages, heading S.
  18. 150 ftTurn right onto Top Quad, heading S.
  19. 150 ftBear right onto Cages, heading S.
  20. 50 ftBear left onto Top Quad, heading S.
  21. 250 ftBear right onto Stags, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Stags/Top Quad, heading SE.
  23. 50 ftBear left onto Cages, heading S.
  24. 0.1 miTurn right onto Outside Fenceline, heading SW.
  25. 100 ftTurn left onto Stags, heading S.
  26. 50 ftTurn right onto Top up the Tanks, heading S.
  27. 50 ftSharp left onto Tanks, heading S.
  28. 0.2 miTurn right onto Otter Slide, heading SW.
  29. 150 ftTurn left onto Ryno, heading SW.
  30. 100 ftTurn left onto Otter Steps, heading SW.
  31. 50 ftTurn right onto Ryno, heading SW.
  32. 50 ftContinue straight onto Top Quad, heading SW.
  33. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tapawingo Trail, heading S.
  34. 0.4 miReach Hippo, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  35. 0.4 miTurn left onto Top Quad, heading S.
  36. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ryno, heading NE.
  37. 100 ftTurn left onto Otter Steps, heading NE.
  38. 50 ftTurn right onto Ryno, heading NE.
  39. 100 ftTurn right onto Otter Slide, heading NE.
  40. 150 ftTurn left onto Tanks, heading NE.
  41. 0.2 miSharp right onto Top up the Tanks, heading NE.
  42. 50 ftTurn left onto Stags, heading NE.
  43. 50 ftTurn right onto Outside Fenceline, heading NE.
  44. 100 ftTurn left onto Cages, heading NE.
  45. 0.1 miBear right onto Stags/Top Quad, heading N.
  46. 50 ftContinue straight onto Stags, heading NE.
  47. 50 ftBear left onto Top Quad, heading NE.
  48. 250 ftBear right onto Cages, heading N.
  49. 50 ftBear left onto Top Quad, heading N.
  50. 150 ftTurn left onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Cages, heading N.
  51. 150 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Tiger Pen, heading N.
  52. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Spur Trail, heading N.
  53. 50 ftBear right onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/G.O.A.T., heading N.
  54. 0.3 miSharp right onto Lion Cage, heading NE.
  55. 150 ftContinue straight onto Safari 2, heading NE.
  56. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Lower Fenceline, heading N.
  57. 200 ftBear right onto Safari 1, heading N.
  58. 150 ftContinue straight onto Hippo, heading N.
  59. 50 ftContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading N.
  60. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  61. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  62. 1 miBear right, heading NE.
  63. 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
  64. 0.2 miTurn left onto Green Turtle, heading N.
  65. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  66. 50 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/board-road-hippo-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

60% dirt6% paved1% gravel33% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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