Cranberry Lake–Iron Mine Trail, 4 sights is an 11.8-mile out-and-back in Allamuchy Mountain State Park near Cranberry Lake, NJ. The route reaches Cranberry Lake. It climbs 1,273 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 36/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi591 – 1,024 ft12.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Sussex Branch Trail 40.94780, -74.73726
Nearest town Cranberry Lake, NJ
Directions
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Cranberry Lake–Iron Mine Trail, 4 sights
11.8 mi · ▲ 1,273 ft · 4 hr 34 min
Elevation 591–1,022 ft
Out & Back · Allamuchy Mountain State Park
Trailhead: Sussex Branch Trail · 40.94780, -74.73726
Weather Sep 5: Mostly clear, high 75°F / low 62° · precip 2% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Sussex Branch Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Cranberry Lake.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Iron Mine Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Connector Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Ranger Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Waterloo-517 Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 2.1 miContinue straight onto Switchback Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Cranberry Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Waterloo-517 Trail, heading NE.
- 1.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ranger Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Connector Trail, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Iron Mine Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Sussex Branch Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 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
73% dirt27% unspecified
Weather
Mostly clearTemperature 75°F62°
Precip2%Wind9 mphUV7Humidity72%
Rained 0.2″ 2 days ago (0.3″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
75°60°
Sunrise 6:30 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:27 PM
Sun
72°59°
Mon
76°53°
Tue
80°55°
Wed
83°61°
17%
Thu
79°62°
17%
Fri
70°47°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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