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Wawayanda State Park

Lookover Lake & Old Coal Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 144 ft · 1 hr 10 min

Lookover Lake & Old Coal Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Wawayanda State Park near Uttertown, NJ. The route reaches Lookover Lake at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 144 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,112 – 1,230 ft3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.12379, -74.42123
Nearest town Uttertown, NJ
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Lookover Lake & Old Coal Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 144 ft · 1 hr 10 min

Elevation 1,111–1,232 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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 250 ftContinue straight onto Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.6 miSharp right onto Wildcat Loop, heading N.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Old Coal Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.4 miReach Lookover Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right onto Wildcat Loop, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftSharp left onto Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lookover-lake-old-coal-trail-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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