Long Pond Ironworks State Park
Greenwood Lake–Animal Chute, 3 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 640 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Greenwood Lake–Animal Chute, 3 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Long Pond Ironworks State Park near Awosting, NJ. The route reaches Greenwood Lake at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 640 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Greenwood Lake–Animal Chute, 3 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 640 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Elevation 544–842 ft
Out & Back · Long Pond Ironworks State Park
Trailhead: Animal Chute · 41.12898, -74.34123
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Animal Chute, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Lower Chute, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Lower Chute, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Safari 1, heading NE.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Safari 1, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Hippo, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Board Road, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Greenwood Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading N.
- 1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Hippo, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Safari 1, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Lower Chute, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lower Chute, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left onto Animal Chute, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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