Wawayanda State Park
Lake Lookout–Parker Lake, 6 sights
8.5 mi · ▲ 565 ft · 3 hr 7 min
Lake Lookout–Parker Lake, 6 sights is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Wawayanda State Park near Willow Brook, NJ. The route passes Parker Lake before reaching Lake Lookout at the turnaround, 4.2 miles in. It climbs 565 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Lake Lookout–Parker Lake, 6 sights
8.5 mi · ▲ 565 ft · 3 hr 7 min
Elevation 1,160–1,315 ft
Out & Back · Wawayanda State Park
Trailhead: William Hoeferlin Trail · 41.19828, -74.39739
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Parker Lake.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Double Pond Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Cedar Swamp Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Red Dot Cedar Connector, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Red Dot Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Twin Bridges Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Old Coal Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto XC Ski Trail (Mojo Swamp / Pond Connector), heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Lookout Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftReach Lake Lookout, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftTurn right onto XC Ski Trail (Mojo Swamp / Pond Connector), heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Coal Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Twin Bridges Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Red Dot Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Red Dot Cedar Connector, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Cedar Swamp Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Double Pond Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto William Hoeferlin Trail, heading E.
- 1.5 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 William Hoeferlin Trail Trailhead
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- Parker Lake & William Hoeferlin Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 281 ft
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