Cranberry Lake–Iron Mine Trail, 5 sights is a 12.1-mile out-and-back in Allamuchy Mountain State Park near Whitehall, NJ. The route reaches Cranberry Lake at the turnaround, 6.1 miles in. It climbs 1,091 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi728 – 1,024 ft12.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Sussex Branch Trail 40.96838, -74.74068
Nearest town Whitehall, NJ
Directions
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Cranberry Lake–Iron Mine Trail, 5 sights
12.1 mi · ▲ 1,091 ft · 4 hr 35 min
Elevation 727–1,022 ft
Out & Back · Allamuchy Mountain State Park
Trailhead: Sussex Branch Trail · 40.96838, -74.74068
Weather Sep 5: Partly cloudy, high 75°F / low 63° · precip 2% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Start on Sussex Branch Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Waving Willie Trail, heading W.
- 2.5 miContinue straight onto Waving Willie/Waterloo-517 Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Waterloo-517 Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ranger Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Connector Trail, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Iron Mine Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Sussex Branch Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miReach Cranberry Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Iron Mine Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Connector Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Ranger Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Waterloo-517 Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Waving Willie/Waterloo-517 Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Waving Willie Trail, heading NW.
- 2.5 miTurn left onto Sussex Branch Trail, heading E.
- 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
81% dirt19% unspecified
Weather
Partly cloudyTemperature 75°F63°
Precip2%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity74%
Rained 0.1″ 2 days ago (0.2″ 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
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
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