Elephant Rock–Birchwood Lake, 5 sights
3.2 mi · ▲ 347 ft · 1 hr 14 min
Elephant Rock–Birchwood Lake, 5 sights is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Tourne County Park near Mountain Lakes, NJ. The route passes Elephant Rock before reaching Birchwood Lake at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 347 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Elephant Rock–Birchwood Lake, 5 sights
3.2 mi · ▲ 347 ft · 1 hr 14 min
Elevation 527–683 ft
Out & Back · Tourne County Park
Trailhead: Wildflower Trail · 40.90869, -74.43365
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 772 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Wildflower Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Fern Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Elephant Rock.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Trillium Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Wildflower Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Yellow Dot Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Red, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Pink Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto White Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Blue Dot Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Red Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miPass Birchwood Lake.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Red, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Purple, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Purple Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Orange Dot Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Red, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Yellow Dot Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Wildflower Trail, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear left onto Trillium Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Fern Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Wildflower Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Transit-accessible: stop 772 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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