Wawayanda State Park
Lookover Lake–Lookout, 8 sights
7.8 mi · ▲ 519 ft · 2 hr 52 min
Lookover Lake–Lookout, 8 sights is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Wawayanda State Park near Kampe, NJ. The route passes Highland Lakes Beach 5, Lake Lookout and Lookout before reaching Lookover Lake at the turnaround, 3.9 miles in. It climbs 519 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,132 – 1,368 ft8.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Cherry Ridge Trail 41.16367, -74.45093
Nearest town Kampe, NJ
Directions
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Lookover Lake–Lookout, 8 sights
7.8 mi · ▲ 519 ft · 2 hr 52 min
Elevation 1,133–1,367 ft
Out & Back · Wawayanda State Park
Trailhead: Cherry Ridge Trail · 41.16367, -74.45093
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
- Start on Cherry Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Highland Lakes Beach 5.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Pump House Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Lookout Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Lake Lookout.
- 300 ftPass Lookout.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Old Coal Trail, heading E.
- 2.3 miReach Lookover Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.3 miTurn left onto Lookout Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Pump House Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 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
90% dirt10% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:23 PM
More from Cherry Ridge Trail Trailhead
- Lake Lookout–Highland Lakes Beach 5, 4 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 142 ft
- Lookout–Lake Lookout, 5 sights 2.9 mi · ▲ 254 ft
- Laurel Pond–Highland Lakes Beach 5, 5 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 481 ft
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