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Long Pond Ironworks State Park

Hippo & Tapawingo Spur Trail/G.O.A.T. via Green Turtle

4.8 mi · ▲ 784 ft · 2 hr

Hippo & Tapawingo Spur Trail/G.O.A.T. via Green Turtle is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Long Pond Ironworks State Park near Awosting, NJ. It climbs 784 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi545 – 938 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.14950, -74.33455
Nearest town Awosting, NJ
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Hippo & Tapawingo Spur Trail/G.O.A.T. via Green Turtle

4.8 mi · ▲ 784 ft · 2 hr

Elevation 544–937 ft

Out & Back · Long Pond Ironworks State Park

Trailhead: 41.14950, -74.33455

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 300 ftTurn right onto Green Turtle, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  6. 1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 500 ftContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Hippo, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading SW.
  11. 150 ftBear left onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Lower Fenceline, heading SW.
  12. 150 ftContinue straight onto Safari 2, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lion Cage, heading S.
  14. 150 ftSharp left onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/G.O.A.T., heading S.
  15. 0.3 miSharp left onto G.O.A.T., heading NE.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tiger Pen, heading S.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto G.O.A.T., heading S.
  18. 300 ftContinue straight onto Tiger Pen, heading S.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tigerfish Boon, heading S.
  20. 150 ftReach Hippo, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 150 ftContinue straight onto Tiger Pen, heading S.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto G.O.A.T., heading S.
  23. 300 ftContinue straight onto Tiger Pen, heading N.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto G.O.A.T., heading NE.
  25. 50 ftSharp right onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/G.O.A.T., heading NE.
  26. 0.3 miSharp right onto Lion Cage, heading S.
  27. 150 ftContinue straight onto Safari 2, heading S.
  28. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Spur Trail/Lower Fenceline, heading N.
  29. 150 ftBear right onto Safari 1, heading N.
  30. 150 ftContinue straight onto Hippo, heading N.
  31. 50 ftContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading N.
  32. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  33. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  34. 1 miBear right, heading N.
  35. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  36. 0.2 miTurn left onto Green Turtle, heading N.
  37. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  38. 200 ftArrive 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/hippo-tapawingo-spur-trail-g-o-a-t-out-back

Trail surface

53% dirt8% paved39% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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