Long Pond Ironworks State Park
Burnt Meadow Viewpoint–Burnt Meadow Trail, 3 sights
3 mi · ▲ 557 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Burnt Meadow Viewpoint–Burnt Meadow Trail, 3 sights is a 3-mile out-and-back in Long Pond Ironworks State Park near West Milford, NJ. The route reaches Burnt Meadow Viewpoint. It climbs 557 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi676 – 961 ft · steepest grade: 22%3.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Animal Chute 41.12788, -74.34213
Nearest town West Milford, NJ
Directions
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Burnt Meadow Viewpoint–Burnt Meadow Trail, 3 sights
3 mi · ▲ 557 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Elevation 675–962 ft
Out & Back · Long Pond Ironworks State Park
Trailhead: Animal Chute · 41.12788, -74.34213
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Animal Chute, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Snake, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Cages, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left onto Tapawingo Spur Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Tapawingo Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Burnt Meadow Viewpoint.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Burnt Meadow Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Burnt Meadow/Tapawingo Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Burnt Meadow Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Burnt Meadow Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Tapawingo Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Tapawingo Spur Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Cages, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Safari 1, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Snake, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Safari 1, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Animal Chute, heading W.
- 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.
Trail surface
39% dirt11% paved50% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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