Lake Surprise & White Trail Loop via Purple Trail is a 2.5-mile loop in Watchung Reservation near Murray Hill, NJ. The route reaches Lake Surprise. It is mostly level, with 166 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi266 – 417 ft2.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Purple Trail 40.68368, -74.38822
Nearest town Murray Hill, NJ
Directions
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Lake Surprise & White Trail Loop via Purple Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 166 ft · 55 min
Elevation 265–416 ft
Loop · Watchung Reservation
Trailhead: Purple Trail · 40.68368, -74.38822
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 77°F / low 65° · precip 1% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Purple Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto White Trail, heading SE.
- 300 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miPass Lake Surprise.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Purple Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Purple / White Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto White Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Purple Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 77°F65°
Precip1%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity73%
Rained 0.4″ 2 days ago (2.1″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°65°
Sunrise 6:29 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:25 PM
Sun
73°60°
Mon
80°61°
Tue
83°63°
Wed
86°66°
Thu
84°68°
Fri
74°59°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Lake Surprise–Seeley's Pond, 5 lakes 7.2 mi · ▲ 859 ft
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