Long Pond Ironworks State Park
Green Turtle & Hippo
3.4 mi · ▲ 576 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Green Turtle & Hippo is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Long Pond Ironworks State Park near Awosting, NJ. It climbs 576 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi545 – 843 ft · steepest grade: 19%3.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Safari 1 41.13116, -74.33678
Nearest town Awosting, NJ
Directions
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Green Turtle & Hippo
3.4 mi · ▲ 576 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Elevation 544–842 ft
Out & Back · Long Pond Ironworks State Park
Trailhead: Safari 1 · 41.13116, -74.33678
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
- Start on Hippo, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Green Turtle, heading SE.
- 150 ftReach Hippo, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left, heading S.
- 1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Hippo, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
46% dirt11% paved43% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM
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