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Long Pond Ironworks State Park

Burnt Meadow Viewpoint–Green Turtle Pond, 5 sights

7.4 mi · ▲ 1,191 ft · 3 hr 4 min

Burnt Meadow Viewpoint–Green Turtle Pond, 5 sights is a 7.4-mile out-and-back in Long Pond Ironworks State Park near Awosting, NJ. The route passes Green Turtle Pond before reaching Burnt Meadow Viewpoint at the turnaround, 3.7 miles in. It climbs 1,191 ft. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi545 – 961 ft7.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Green Turtle Loop 41.15049, -74.32886
Nearest town Awosting, NJ
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Burnt Meadow Viewpoint–Green Turtle Pond, 5 sights

7.4 mi · ▲ 1,191 ft · 3 hr 4 min

Elevation 544–962 ft

Out & Back · Long Pond Ironworks State Park

Trailhead: Green Turtle Loop · 41.15049, -74.32886

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Green Turtle Loop, heading W.
  2. 50 ftPass Green Turtle Pond.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Green Turtle, heading NW.
  4. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  6. 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
  7. 1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Hippo, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading SW.
  12. 150 ftBear left onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Lower Fenceline, heading SW.
  13. 150 ftContinue straight onto Safari 2, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lion Cage, heading S.
  15. 100 ftSharp left onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/G.O.A.T., heading SW.
  16. 0.3 miBear left onto Tapawingo Spur Trail, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Tiger Pen, heading S.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Cages, heading S.
  19. 150 ftBear left onto Tapawingo Spur Trail, heading S.
  20. 0.1 miSharp left onto Tapawingo Trail, heading S.
  21. 0.2 miReach Burnt Meadow Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 0.2 miSharp right onto Tapawingo Spur Trail, heading W.
  23. 0.1 miBear right onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Cages, heading SW.
  24. 150 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Tiger Pen, heading S.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Spur Trail, heading S.
  26. 50 ftBear right onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/G.O.A.T., heading SW.
  27. 0.3 miSharp right onto Lion Cage, heading N.
  28. 150 ftContinue straight onto Safari 2, heading N.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Lower Fenceline, heading NE.
  30. 150 ftBear right onto Safari 1, heading SW.
  31. 150 ftContinue straight onto Hippo, heading SW.
  32. 50 ftContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading SW.
  33. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  34. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  35. 1 miBear right, heading NE.
  36. 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  37. 0.2 miTurn left onto Green Turtle, heading N.
  38. 0.8 miTurn right onto Green Turtle Loop, heading N.
  39. 0.4 miArrive 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/burnt-meadow-viewpoint-green-turtle-pond-out-back-5-sights-12-km

Trail surface

39% dirt5% paved56% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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