Hamburg Mountain Wildlife Management Area
Great Gorge Lake
5.8 mi · ▲ 1,849 ft · 2 hr 51 min
Great Gorge Lake is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Hamburg Mountain Wildlife Management Area near Sand Hills, NJ. The route reaches Great Gorge Lake at the turnaround, 2.9 miles in. It climbs 1,849 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Great Gorge Lake
5.8 mi · ▲ 1,849 ft · 2 hr 51 min
Elevation 615–1,435 ft
Out & Back · Hamburg Mountain Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: 41.18447, -74.51590
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Transit-accessible: Mountain Creek Shuttle stop 774 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.9 miReach Great Gorge Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading N.
- 1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 1 miArrive 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: Mountain Creek Shuttle stop 774 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Vernon Peak–Matos Lake, 3 lakes 2.8 mi · ▲ 878 ft
- Moonspin Glade–Matos Lake, 4 sights 2.9 mi · ▲ 902 ft
- Granite Peak–Moonspin Glade, 4 sights 3.3 mi · ▲ 1,146 ft
- Great Gorge Lake 4.3 mi · ▲ 1,120 ft
- South Peak 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,291 ft
- Daniel Boone Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 1,003 ft
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