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Lake Iliff–Gardners Pond, 4 sights is a 7.2-mile out-and-back near Wawayanda, NJ. The route passes Gardners Pond before reaching Lake Iliff at the turnaround, 3.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 89 ft of elevation gain. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi574 – 653 ft7.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.01593, -74.74331
Nearest town Wawayanda, NJ

Directions

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Lake Iliff–Gardners Pond, 4 sights

7.2 mi · ▲ 89 ft · 2 hr 27 min

Elevation 575–652 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.01593, -74.74331

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 500 ftContinue straight onto Explorer Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.3 miBear right onto Andover Junction Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.6 miSharp left onto Andover Loop Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miPass Gardners Pond.
  6. 2.3 miReach Lake Iliff, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 2.6 miSharp right onto Andover Junction Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.6 miBear left onto Explorer Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

7% gravel4% dirt89% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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