Boiling Spring–Birchwood Lake, 6 sights
2.8 mi · ▲ 116 ft · 59 min
Boiling Spring–Birchwood Lake, 6 sights is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Tourne County Park near Mountain Lakes, NJ. The route passes Boiling Spring before reaching Birchwood Lake at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 116 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Boiling Spring–Birchwood Lake, 6 sights
2.8 mi · ▲ 116 ft · 59 min
Elevation 533–674 ft
Out & Back · Tourne County Park
Trailhead: Green (Evergreen Trail) · 40.90745, -74.43250
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 648 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Dot Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto White Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Pink Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miPass Boiling Spring.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Purple Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Red, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Purple, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Birchwood Lake.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Red & Blue, heading E.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Transit-accessible: stop 648 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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