Laurel Pond–Old Coal Trail, 5 sights is a 10.7-mile out-and-back in Wawayanda State Park near Uttertown, NJ. The route reaches Laurel Pond at the turnaround, 5.4 miles in. It climbs 893 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,112 – 1,368 ft11.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.12379, -74.42123
Nearest town Uttertown, NJ
Directions
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Laurel Pond–Old Coal Trail, 5 sights
10.7 mi · ▲ 893 ft · 4 hr 1 min
Elevation 1,111–1,367 ft
Out & Back · Wawayanda State Park
Trailhead: 41.12379, -74.42123
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Wildcat Loop, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Sponge Bob Square Pants, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Old Coal Trail, heading N.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Twin Bridges Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Red Dot Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Double Pond Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miReach Laurel Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Red Dot Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Twin Bridges Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Old Coal Trail, heading SW.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Sponge Bob Square Pants, heading SE.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Wildcat Loop, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 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
97% dirt2% gravel1% boardwalk
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 167 ft
- Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 117 ft
- Lookover Lake & Old Coal Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 144 ft
- Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail & Bearfort Waters-Clinton/Highlands Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 279 ft
- Split Rock–Sponge Bob Square Pants, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 329 ft
- Sponge Bob Square Pants & Thirsty Dog via Old Coal Trail 5.3 mi · ▲ 444 ft
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