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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 200 ftContinue straight onto Verona Pool Access, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miSharp left onto West Essex Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Boogaloo, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto West Essex Trail, heading NE.
  6. 250 ftBear left onto Boogaloo, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto West Essex Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 200 ftBear left, heading E.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  13. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  14. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading E.
  16. 50 ftReach Cedar Grove Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  18. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  19. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  20. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  21. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  23. 450 ftTurn left onto West Essex Trail, heading E.
  24. 0.6 miBear left onto Boogaloo, heading SW.
  25. 50 ftBear right onto West Essex Trail, heading SW.
  26. 250 ftContinue straight onto Boogaloo, heading SW.
  27. 0.2 miContinue straight onto West Essex Trail, heading SW.
  28. 0.5 miSharp right onto Verona Pool Access, heading S.
  29. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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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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