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Cascade Lake Park

Cascade Lake via Appalachian Trail

2.7 mi · ▲ 287 ft · 1 hr 3 min

Cascade Lake via Appalachian Trail is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Cascade Lake Park near Lakeside, NJ. The route reaches Cascade Lake. It climbs 287 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,037 – 1,299 ft · steepest grade: 22%2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.20432, -74.33961
Nearest town Lakeside, NJ
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Cascade Lake via Appalachian Trail

2.7 mi · ▲ 287 ft · 1 hr 3 min

Elevation 1,037–1,298 ft

Out & Back · Cascade Lake Park

Trailhead: 41.20432, -74.33961

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  5. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miReach Cascade Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  10. 0.8 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  12. 0.7 miBear left, heading NE.
  13. 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/cascade-lake-cascade-lake-out-back-4-km-d56d

Trail surface

40% dirt60% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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