Wawayanda State Park

Cedar Swamp Trail–Old Coal Trail, 5 sights

10.1 mi · ▲ 801 ft · 3 hr 46 min

Cedar Swamp Trail–Old Coal Trail, 5 sights is a 10.1-mile out-and-back in Wawayanda State Park near Uttertown, NJ. It climbs 801 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,112 – 1,368 ft10.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.12379, -74.42123
Nearest town Uttertown, NJ

Directions

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Cedar Swamp Trail–Old Coal Trail, 5 sights

10.1 mi · ▲ 801 ft · 3 hr 46 min

Elevation 1,111–1,367 ft

Out & Back · Wawayanda State Park

Trailhead: 41.12379, -74.42123

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 250 ftContinue straight onto Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.6 miTurn left onto Wildcat Loop, heading W.
  4. 0.5 miSharp left onto Sponge Bob Square Pants, heading W.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left onto Old Coal Trail, heading N.
  6. 1.6 miContinue straight onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading N.
  7. 500 ftTurn right onto Twin Bridges Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  9. 350 ftTurn left onto Red Dot Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.5 miTurn right onto Red Dot Cedar Connector, heading NE.
  11. 0.7 miBear left onto Cedar Swamp Trail, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Double Pond Trail, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftReach Sponge Bob Square Pants, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cedar Swamp Trail, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftBear right onto Red Dot Cedar Connector, heading N.
  16. 0.7 miTurn left onto Red Dot Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  18. 350 ftTurn left onto Twin Bridges Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.4 miTurn left onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  20. 500 ftContinue straight onto Old Coal Trail, heading SW.
  21. 1.6 miTurn right onto Sponge Bob Square Pants, heading SE.
  22. 0.7 miSharp right onto Wildcat Loop, heading S.
  23. 0.5 miTurn right onto Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail, heading SW.
  24. 0.6 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

98% dirt2% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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