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South Mountain Reservation

Campbells Pond–Hemlock Falls Loop, 5 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 542 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Campbells Pond–Hemlock Falls Loop, 5 sights is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in South Mountain Reservation near Newstead, NJ. The route reaches Campbells Pond at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 542 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi203 – 505 ft · steepest grade: 15%5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lenape Trail (Yellow) 40.75555, -74.29142
Nearest town Newstead, NJ
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Campbells Pond–Hemlock Falls Loop, 5 sights

4.4 mi · ▲ 542 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Elevation 204–506 ft

Out & Back · South Mountain Reservation

Trailhead: Lenape Trail (Yellow) · 40.75555, -74.29142

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading E.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow) / Turtle Back Trail (Orange), heading E.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Turtle Back Trail (Orange), heading S.
  4. 250 ftBear right onto Reservior Road, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miSharp right onto Longwood Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Summit Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right onto Openwood Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Hemlock Falls Loop, heading NW.
  10. 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
  11. 350 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading N.
  12. 450 ftTurn right onto Openwood Trail, heading NW.
  13. 250 ftTurn left onto River Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Rahway Trail (White), heading SW.
  15. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftTurn right onto River Trail, heading SW.
  18. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Rahway Trail (White);River Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.1 miReach Campbells Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 0.1 miContinue straight onto River Trail, heading SW.
  21. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftTurn right onto Rahway Trail (White), heading S.
  23. 0.5 miContinue straight onto River Trail, heading NE.
  24. 0.4 miTurn right onto Openwood Trail, heading NE.
  25. 250 ftTurn left onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading NE.
  26. 0.1 miBear right onto Hemlock Falls Loop, heading N.
  27. 350 ftTurn left onto Openwood Trail, heading N.
  28. 0.2 miTurn left onto Summit Trail, heading NE.
  29. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  30. 50 ftBear right onto Longwood Trail, heading NE.
  31. 0.1 miSharp left onto Reservior Road, heading SE.
  32. 0.3 miBear left onto Turtle Back Trail (Orange), heading SE.
  33. 250 ftTurn left onto Lenape Trail (Yellow) / Turtle Back Trail (Orange), heading SE.
  34. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading NW.
  35. 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/campbells-pond-campbells-pond-out-back-7-sights-7-km

Trail surface

25% dirt4% gravel71% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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