Lake Shawnee & Saffin Pond via Yellow Trail is a 9-mile out-and-back near Weldon, NJ. The route passes Saffin Pond before reaching Lake Shawnee at the turnaround, 4.5 miles in. It climbs 648 ft. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi932 – 1,142 ft9.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Ogden Mine Railroad Trail 41.00805, -74.58679
Nearest town Weldon, NJ
Directions
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Lake Shawnee & Saffin Pond via Yellow Trail
9 mi · ▲ 648 ft · 3 hr 19 min
Elevation 933–1,140 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Ogden Mine Railroad Trail · 41.00805, -74.58679
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Saffin Pond.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Ogden Mine Railroad Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Ogden Mine Railroad/Highlands Spur Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Ogden Mine Railroad Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Green Dot Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Waldon Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Compton-Gobel Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Compton Gobel Road, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Compton-Gobel Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miReach Lake Shawnee, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Compton Gobel Road, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Compton-Gobel Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Waldon Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 300 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Green Dot Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Ogden Mine Railroad Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Ogden Mine Railroad/Highlands Spur Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Ogden Mine Railroad Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
6% dirt94% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:23 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.9 mi in (~73 min). Leave by 5:50 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Ogden Mine Railroad Trail Trailhead
- Morris County High Point–Saffin Pond, 4 sights 3.3 mi · ▲ 196 ft
- Saffin Pond–Ogden Mine Railroad Trail Loop, 5 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 378 ft
- Morris County High Point–Saffin Pond Loop, 6 sights 5 mi · ▲ 310 ft
- Longwood Lake–Saffin Pond, 4 sights 9.3 mi · ▲ 1,282 ft
- Ryker Lake–Saffin Pond, 6 sights 10.4 mi · ▲ 1,381 ft
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