Long Pond Ironworks State Park
Burnt Meadow Viewpoint–Signal Rock, 6 sights
8.2 mi · ▲ 1,048 ft · 3 hr 15 min
Burnt Meadow Viewpoint–Signal Rock, 6 sights is an 8.2-mile out-and-back in Long Pond Ironworks State Park near Awosting, NJ. The route passes Burnt Meadow Viewpoint before reaching Signal Rock at the turnaround, 4.1 miles in. It climbs 1,048 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Burnt Meadow Viewpoint–Signal Rock, 6 sights
8.2 mi · ▲ 1,048 ft · 3 hr 15 min
Elevation 667–962 ft
Out & Back · Long Pond Ironworks State Park
Trailhead: Safari 1 · 41.13116, -74.33678
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
- Start on Safari 1, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Lower Fenceline, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Safari 2, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lion Cage, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/G.O.A.T., heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Tapawingo Spur Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Tiger Pen, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Cages, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Tapawingo Spur Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Tapawingo Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Burnt Meadow Viewpoint.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Burnt Meadow Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Burnt Meadow/Tapawingo Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Tapawingo Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Lake Sonoma Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Burnt Meadow Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Stonetown Circular Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Signal Rock.
- 250 ftReach Burnt Meadow Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Burnt Meadow Road, heading N.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Lake Sonoma Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Tapawingo Trail, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Burnt Meadow/Tapawingo Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Burnt Meadow Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Tapawingo Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Tapawingo Spur Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Cages, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Tiger Pen, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Spur Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/G.O.A.T., heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Lion Cage, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Safari 2, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Lower Fenceline, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right onto Safari 1, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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