Laurel Pond–Parker Lake, 5 sights is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Wawayanda State Park near Willow Brook, NJ. The route passes Parker Lake and Laurel Pond. It climbs 394 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,116 – 1,293 ft6.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: William Hoeferlin Trail 41.19828, -74.39739
Nearest town Willow Brook, NJ
Directions
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Laurel Pond–Parker Lake, 5 sights
6.4 mi · ▲ 394 ft · 2 hr 20 min
Elevation 1,117–1,292 ft
Out & Back · Wawayanda State Park
Trailhead: William Hoeferlin Trail · 41.19828, -74.39739
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Parker Lake.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Double Pond Trail, heading NW.
- 1.3 miPass Laurel Pond.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Laurel Pond Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftReach Laurel Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Double Pond Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto William Hoeferlin Trail, heading NE.
- 1.5 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
94% dirt2% gravel1% boardwalk3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from William Hoeferlin Trail Trailhead
- Parker Lake–Cross Road/William Hoeferlin Trail, 4 sights 3 mi · ▲ 265 ft
- Parker Lake & William Hoeferlin Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 281 ft
- Wawayanda Lake–Laurel Pond Loop, 9 sights 6.8 mi · ▲ 578 ft
- Parker Lake–Banker Trail, 4 sights 7.2 mi · ▲ 474 ft
- Pinwheel Vista–Parker Lake, 3 sights 7.6 mi · ▲ 1,247 ft
- Cascade Lake & Parker Lake via Appalachian Trail 7.6 mi · ▲ 800 ft
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