Lake Surprise & White Trail via Purple Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Watchung Reservation near Woodland Park, NJ. The route reaches Lake Surprise. It is mostly level, with 168 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi279 – 407 ft2.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.68620, -74.37235
Nearest town Woodland Park, NJ
Directions
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Lake Surprise & White Trail via Purple Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 168 ft · 55 min
Elevation 278–408 ft
Out & Back · Watchung Reservation
Trailhead: 40.68620, -74.37235
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Purple Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Lake Surprise.
- 0.3 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 W.
- 0.3 miReach Lake Surprise, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto White Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Purple / White Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Purple Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
1% dirt99% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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