Long Pond Ironworks State Park
Green Turtle
3.8 mi · ▲ 577 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Green Turtle is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Long Pond Ironworks State Park near Awosting, NJ. It climbs 577 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi545 – 843 ft · steepest grade: 20%3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.14950, -74.33455
Nearest town Awosting, NJ
Directions
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Green Turtle
3.8 mi · ▲ 577 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 544–842 ft
Out & Back · Long Pond Ironworks State Park
Trailhead: 41.14950, -74.33455
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Green Turtle, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 1 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Hippo, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Safari 1, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Green Turtle, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 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
42% dirt9% paved49% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM
More from this trailhead
- Safari 1 3.3 mi · ▲ 584 ft
- Boulderdash via Green Turtle 4.1 mi · ▲ 656 ft
- Cages–Hippo, 4 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 933 ft
- Tapawingo Viewpoint–Hippo, 4 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 966 ft
- Hippo & Tapawingo Spur Trail/G.O.A.T. via Green Turtle 4.8 mi · ▲ 784 ft
- Green Turtle Pond–Green Turtle, 3 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 808 ft
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