Hooks Creek Lake–Hooks Creek Lake Beach, 3 beaches
1.9 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 40 min
Hooks Creek Lake–Hooks Creek Lake Beach, 3 beaches is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Cheesequake State Park near Morristown, NJ. The route passes Hooks Creek Lake Beach and Hooks Creek Lake before reaching Hooks Creek Lake Beach at the turnaround, 0.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Hooks Creek Lake–Hooks Creek Lake Beach, 3 beaches
1.9 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 40 min
Elevation 5–84 ft
Out & Back · Cheesequake State Park
Trailhead: Green Trail · 40.43248, -74.26738
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 81°F / low 69° · precip 2% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miPass Hooks Creek Lake Beach.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miPass Hooks Creek Lake.
- 50 ftPass Hooks Creek Lake Beach.
- 0.2 miReach Hooks Creek Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Blue / Green / Red / Yellow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 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.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Green Trail Trailhead
- Scenic View - Tidal Creeks–Perrine Pond, 4 beaches 2.1 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Perrine Pond–Hooks Creek Lake Beach, 4 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 165 ft
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