Schooley's Mountain County Park
Koehler's Pond & Patriots' Path
4.3 mi · ▲ 273 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Koehler's Pond & Patriots' Path is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Schooley's Mountain County Park near Schooleys Mountain, NJ. The route reaches Koehler's Pond at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 273 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Koehler's Pond & Patriots' Path
4.3 mi · ▲ 273 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Elevation 967–1,098 ft
Out & Back · Schooley's Mountain County Park
Trailhead: yellow · 40.81117, -74.80998
Weather Sep 5: Partly cloudy, high 73°F / low 62° · precip 2% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on yellow, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto light blue, heading N.
- 300 ftSharp right onto green, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto power line service road, heading SE.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Patriots' Path, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftReach Koehler's Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto green, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto light blue, heading NW.
- 300 ftBear left onto yellow, heading NW.
- 0.1 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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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