Frenches Pond–Ditch/Cardiac Trail, 4 sights
4.9 mi · ▲ 682 ft · 1 hr 58 min
Frenches Pond–Ditch/Cardiac Trail, 4 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Allamuchy Mountain State Park near Allamuchy, NJ. The route reaches Frenches Pond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 682 ft. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Frenches Pond–Ditch/Cardiac Trail, 4 sights
4.9 mi · ▲ 682 ft · 1 hr 58 min
Elevation 587–1,075 ft
Out & Back · Allamuchy Mountain State Park
Trailhead: Waterloo-517 Trail · 40.93511, -74.80267
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 76°F / low 63° · precip 2% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Waterloo-517 Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Ditch/Cardiac Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Friggin Middle, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miReach Frenches Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Ditch/Cardiac Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Waterloo-517 Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Waterloo-517 Trail Trailhead
- Switchback Trail Loop 2.2 mi · ▲ 204 ft
- Allamuchy Mountain–Ditch/Cardiac Trail, 3 sights 3 mi · ▲ 641 ft
- Candy Ass–Ditch/Cardiac Trail, 3 sights 3.6 mi · ▲ 573 ft
- BSA–Ditch/Cardiac Bypass, 5 sights 5.3 mi · ▲ 662 ft
- Allamuchy Mountain–BSA, 5 sights 6.4 mi · ▲ 943 ft
- Ditch/Cardiac Trail–Waterloo-517 Trail, 3 sights 7.1 mi · ▲ 789 ft
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