Johnson Lake & Cranberry Lake Overlook Trail via Tamarack Trail (White)
2.5 mi · ▲ 452 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Johnson Lake & Cranberry Lake Overlook Trail via Tamarack Trail (White) is a 2.5-mile out-and-back near Whitehall, NJ. The route reaches Johnson Lake. It climbs 452 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Johnson Lake & Cranberry Lake Overlook Trail via Tamarack Trail (White)
2.5 mi · ▲ 452 ft · 1 hr 4 min
Elevation 783–1,095 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Tamarack Trail (White) · 40.95956, -74.73621
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 75°F / low 62° · precip 2% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Transit-accessible: Tamarack Road (Byram Park and Ride) stop 508 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tamarack Trail (White), heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Unblazed (Overlock), heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Tamarack Trail (White), heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Tamarack Connector Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Johnson Lake.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miReach Johnson Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Tamarack Trail (White), heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Unblazed (Overlock), heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tamarack Trail (White), heading S.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Transit-accessible: Tamarack Road (Byram Park and Ride) stop 508 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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