Campbells Pond–Diamond Mill Pond, 5 sights
5.7 mi · ▲ 817 ft · 2 hr 19 min
Campbells Pond–Diamond Mill Pond, 5 sights is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in South Mountain Reservation near Newstead, NJ. The route passes Campbells Pond before reaching Diamond Mill Pond at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 817 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Campbells Pond–Diamond Mill Pond, 5 sights
5.7 mi · ▲ 817 ft · 2 hr 19 min
Elevation 173–510 ft
Out & Back · South Mountain Reservation
Trailhead: Lenape Trail (Yellow) · 40.75330, -74.29035
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 80°F / low 65° · precip 1% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto High Water Lenape Link, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left onto High Water Bypass, heading SW.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Overgrown Rahway Trail (White), heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Rahway Trail White, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rahway Trail (White) / West Connector, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto West Connector Green/White, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Elmdale Trail (Blue) / West Connector, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Elmdale Trail (Blue), heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto West Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miPass Campbells Pond.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Elmdale Trail (Blue), heading W.
- 0.7 miPass Diamond Mill Pond.
- 150 ftReach Campbells Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto West Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Elmdale Trail (Blue), heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Elmdale Trail (Blue) / West Connector, heading N.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto West Connector Green/White, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Rahway Trail (White) / West Connector, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rahway Trail White, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Overgrown Rahway Trail (White), heading E.
- 150 ftSharp left onto High Water Bypass, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right onto High Water Lenape Link, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Lenape Trail (Yellow), heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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