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Long Pond Ironworks State Park

Tapawingo Viewpoint–Hippo, 4 sights

4.7 mi · ▲ 966 ft · 2 hr 3 min

Tapawingo Viewpoint–Hippo, 4 sights is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Long Pond Ironworks State Park near Awosting, NJ. The route reaches Tapawingo Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 966 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi545 – 1,076 ft · steepest grade: 18%5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.14777, -74.33368
Nearest town Awosting, NJ
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Tapawingo Viewpoint–Hippo, 4 sights

4.7 mi · ▲ 966 ft · 2 hr 3 min

Elevation 544–1,076 ft

Out & Back · Long Pond Ironworks State Park

Trailhead: 41.14777, -74.33368

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  3. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  4. 1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 500 ftContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Hippo, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading SW.
  9. 150 ftBear left onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Lower Fenceline, heading SW.
  10. 150 ftContinue straight onto Safari 2, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lion Cage, heading S.
  12. 150 ftSharp left onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/G.O.A.T., heading S.
  13. 0.3 miBear left onto Tapawingo Spur Trail, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Tiger Pen, heading S.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Cages, heading S.
  16. 150 ftTurn right onto Top Quad, heading S.
  17. 150 ftBear right onto Cages, heading S.
  18. 50 ftBear left onto Top Quad, heading S.
  19. 250 ftBear right onto Stags, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Stags/Top Quad, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftBear left onto Cages, heading S.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right onto Outside Fenceline, heading SW.
  23. 100 ftTurn left onto Stags, heading S.
  24. 50 ftTurn left onto Top up the Tanks, heading S.
  25. 50 ftReach Tapawingo Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  26. 50 ftTurn right onto Stags, heading S.
  27. 100 ftTurn right onto Outside Fenceline, heading S.
  28. 100 ftTurn left onto Cages, heading S.
  29. 0.1 miBear right onto Stags/Top Quad, heading SE.
  30. 50 ftContinue straight onto Stags, heading S.
  31. 50 ftBear left onto Top Quad, heading SW.
  32. 250 ftBear right onto Cages, heading S.
  33. 50 ftBear left onto Top Quad, heading S.
  34. 150 ftTurn left onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Cages, heading S.
  35. 150 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Tiger Pen, heading SW.
  36. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Spur Trail, heading SW.
  37. 50 ftBear right onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/G.O.A.T., heading SW.
  38. 0.3 miSharp right onto Lion Cage, heading N.
  39. 150 ftContinue straight onto Safari 2, heading N.
  40. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Lower Fenceline, heading W.
  41. 150 ftBear right onto Safari 1, heading N.
  42. 150 ftContinue straight onto Hippo, heading N.
  43. 50 ftContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading N.
  44. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  45. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  46. 1 miBear right, heading N.
  47. 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  48. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/greenwood-lake-tapawingo-viewpoint-out-back-7-sights

Trail surface

55% dirt8% paved37% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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