Cedar Grove Reservoir & Boogaloo via West Essex Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 295 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Cedar Grove Reservoir & Boogaloo via West Essex Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back near Cedar Grove, NJ. The route reaches Cedar Grove Reservoir at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 295 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi262 – 456 ft4.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Verona Pool Access 40.84776, -74.24498
Nearest town Cedar Grove, NJ
Directions
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Cedar Grove Reservoir & Boogaloo via West Essex Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 295 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Elevation 261–456 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Verona Pool Access · 40.84776, -74.24498
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Verona Pool Access, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto West Essex Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Boogaloo, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto West Essex Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Boogaloo, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto West Essex Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Cedar Grove Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto West Essex Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Boogaloo, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto West Essex Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Boogaloo, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto West Essex Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Verona Pool Access, heading S.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
58% dirt42% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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