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Cheesequake State Park

Hooks Creek Lake–Hooks Creek Lake Beach, 4 sights

3.9 mi · ▲ 192 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Hooks Creek Lake–Hooks Creek Lake Beach, 4 sights is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Cheesequake State Park near Cheesequake, NJ. The route passes Hooks Creek Lake Beach, Hooks Creek Lake and Hooks Creek Lake Beach. It is mostly level, with 192 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi3 – 105 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Orange Trail 40.42900, -74.28539
Nearest town Cheesequake, NJ
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Hooks Creek Lake–Hooks Creek Lake Beach, 4 sights

3.9 mi · ▲ 192 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Elevation 4–105 ft

Out & Back · Cheesequake State Park

Trailhead: Orange Trail · 40.42900, -74.28539

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

  1. Start on Orange Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Unblazed Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left onto Green Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.6 miBear left onto Green / Red Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miPass Hooks Creek Lake Beach.
  6. 250 ftTurn right onto Blue / Green / Red Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miPass Hooks Creek Lake.
  9. 50 ftPass Hooks Creek Lake Beach.
  10. 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left onto Blue / Green / Red / Yellow Trail, heading S.
  12. 450 ftSharp right, heading E.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 1.5 miTurn left onto Unblazed Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading NW.
  16. 400 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/hooks-creek-lake-out-back

Trail surface

72% dirt28% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:25 PM

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