Cascade Lake Park
Cascade Lake & Parker Lake via Appalachian Trail
7.6 mi · ▲ 800 ft · 2 hr 56 min
Cascade Lake & Parker Lake via Appalachian Trail is a 7.6-mile out-and-back in Cascade Lake Park near Willow Brook, NJ. The route passes Parker Lake before reaching Cascade Lake at the turnaround, 3.7 miles in. It climbs 800 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Cascade Lake & Parker Lake via Appalachian Trail
7.6 mi · ▲ 800 ft · 2 hr 56 min
Elevation 1,014–1,228 ft
Out & Back · Cascade Lake Park
Trailhead: William Hoeferlin Trail · 41.19828, -74.39739
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on William Hoeferlin Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Parker Lake.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 2.7 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miPass Cascade Lake.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Woods Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miReach Cascade Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 2.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto William Hoeferlin Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from William Hoeferlin Trail Trailhead
- Parker Lake–Cross Road/William Hoeferlin Trail, 4 sights 3 mi · ▲ 265 ft
- Parker Lake & William Hoeferlin Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 281 ft
- Laurel Pond–Parker Lake, 5 sights 6.4 mi · ▲ 394 ft
- Wawayanda Lake–Laurel Pond Loop, 9 sights 6.8 mi · ▲ 578 ft
- Parker Lake–Banker Trail, 4 sights 7.2 mi · ▲ 474 ft
- Pinwheel Vista–Parker Lake, 3 sights 7.6 mi · ▲ 1,247 ft
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