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Tranquility Ridge Park

Monksville Reservoir–Beech Ridge, 5 sights

11.4 mi · ▲ 1,391 ft · 4 hr 30 min

Monksville Reservoir–Beech Ridge, 5 sights is an 11.4-mile out-and-back in Tranquility Ridge Park near Skylands, NJ. The route reaches Monksville Reservoir at the turnaround, 5.6 miles in. It climbs 1,391 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi404 – 814 ft · steepest grade: 26%11.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Manor Road 41.14549, -74.24702
Nearest town Skylands, NJ
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Monksville Reservoir–Beech Ridge, 5 sights

11.4 mi · ▲ 1,391 ft · 4 hr 30 min

Elevation 402–815 ft

Out & Back · Tranquility Ridge Park

Trailhead: Manor Road · 41.14549, -74.24702

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Manor Road, heading NE.
  2. 1.3 miTurn right onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 0.9 miBear right onto Beech Road, heading NW.
  5. 0.9 miTurn right onto Beech Ridge, heading S.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left onto Sterling Ridge/Highlands Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.4 miBear left onto Jennings Hollow Trail, heading SW.
  8. 100 ftContinue straight onto Sterling Ridge/Highlands Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.6 miBear right onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading S.
  10. 50 ftBear left onto Sterling Ridge/Highlands Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.1 miReach Monksville Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.1 miBear right onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading S.
  13. 50 ftBear left onto Sterling Ridge/Highlands Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Jennings Hollow Trail, heading NE.
  15. 100 ftBear right onto Sterling Ridge/Highlands Trail, heading NE.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right onto Beech Ridge, heading E.
  17. 0.7 miTurn left onto Beech Road, heading NE.
  18. 0.9 miBear left, heading E.
  19. 0.9 miTurn left onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading SE.
  20. 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  21. 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/monksville-reservoir-beech-ridge-out-back-5-sights-18-km

Trail surface

20% dirt80% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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