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Clinton Reservoir–Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail, 5 sights

16 mi · ▲ 1,429 ft · 6 hr 3 min

Clinton Reservoir–Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail, 5 sights is a 16-mile out-and-back in Wawayanda State Park near Clinton, NJ. The route reaches Clinton Reservoir. It climbs 1,429 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi981 – 1,368 ft16.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail 41.07898, -74.46511
Nearest town Clinton, NJ
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Clinton Reservoir–Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail, 5 sights

16 mi · ▲ 1,429 ft · 6 hr 3 min

Elevation 982–1,367 ft

Out & Back · Wawayanda State Park

Trailhead: Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail · 41.07898, -74.46511

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.7 miBear right onto Bearfort Waters-Clinton/Highlands Trail, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftPass Clinton Reservoir.
  4. 2.4 miBear left onto Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail, heading NE.
  5. 2.1 miTurn left onto Wildcat Loop, heading NE.
  6. 0.5 miSharp left onto Sponge Bob Square Pants, heading NE.
  7. 0.7 miTurn left onto Old Coal Trail, heading N.
  8. 1.6 miTurn right onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miReach Clinton Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Old Coal Trail, heading W.
  11. 1.6 miTurn right onto Sponge Bob Square Pants, heading SE.
  12. 0.7 miSharp right onto Wildcat Loop, heading SE.
  13. 0.5 miTurn right onto Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail, heading SW.
  14. 2.1 miBear right onto Bearfort Waters-Clinton/Highlands Trail, heading S.
  15. 2.4 miBear left onto Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail, heading SW.
  16. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/clinton-reservoir-bearfort-waters-clinton-trail-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

68% dirt2% gravel30% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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