Wawayanda State Park
Laurel Pond & Laurel Pond Trail via Cherry Ridge Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 446 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Laurel Pond & Laurel Pond Trail via Cherry Ridge Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Wawayanda State Park near Moe, NJ. The route reaches Laurel Pond at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 446 ft. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,132 – 1,312 ft5.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Cherry Ridge Trail 41.15690, -74.41448
Nearest town Moe, NJ
Directions
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Laurel Pond & Laurel Pond Trail via Cherry Ridge Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 446 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Elevation 1,131–1,313 ft
Out & Back · Wawayanda State Park
Trailhead: Cherry Ridge Trail · 41.15690, -74.41448
Weather Sep 7: Overcast, high 72°F / low 55° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cherry Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Mojo Swamp, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear right onto Mojo Swamp, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Laurel Pond Trail, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftReach Laurel Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miSharp left onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Mojo Swamp, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Mojo Swamp, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 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
50% gravel50% dirt
Weather
OvercastTemperature 72°F55°
Precip0%Wind6 mphUV6Humidity64%
Rained 0.1″ 4 days ago (0.3″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
75°55°
Sunrise 6:31 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:22 PM
Tue
75°59°
Wed
80°56°
Thu
75°60°
31%
Fri
71°50°
16%
Sat
76°50°
Sun
80°54°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Cherry Ridge Trail Trailhead
- Cherry Ridge Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 173 ft
- Banker Trail & Plymouth Lane Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 139 ft
- Cramp Hill–Mojo Swamp Loop, 4 sights 3.8 mi · ▲ 347 ft
- Wawayanda Lake–Laurel Pond Trail, 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 253 ft
- Lookout–Lake Lookout Loop, 5 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 464 ft
- Banker Trail–Cedar Swamp Trail Loop, 4 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 190 ft
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