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Cheesequake State Park

Hooks Creek Lake Beach & Green Trail Loop

2.7 mi · ▲ 167 ft · 59 min

Hooks Creek Lake Beach & Green Trail Loop is a 2.7-mile loop in Cheesequake State Park near Morristown, NJ. The route reaches Hooks Creek Lake Beach. It is mostly level, with 167 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi3 – 105 ft · steepest grade: 19%3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.43491, -74.26391
Nearest town Morristown, NJ
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Hooks Creek Lake Beach & Green Trail Loop

2.7 mi · ▲ 167 ft · 59 min

Elevation 4–105 ft

Loop · Cheesequake State Park

Trailhead: 40.43491, -74.26391

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  3. 2.1 miBear left onto Green / Red Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.1 miPass Hooks Creek Lake Beach.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right onto Blue / Green / Red Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.2 miSharp right onto Blue / Green / Red / Yellow Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  8. 50 ftThe loop closes 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/hooks-creek-lake-beach-loop

Trail surface

79% dirt21% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Morristown, New Jersey