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Long Pond Ironworks State Park

Monksville Reservoir & Monks Connector Trail via Monks Trail

1.6 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 37 min

Monksville Reservoir & Monks Connector Trail via Monks Trail is a 1.6-mile out-and-back in Long Pond Ironworks State Park near Hewitt, NJ. The route reaches Monksville Reservoir. It is mostly level, with 165 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi407 – 541 ft1.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Monks Connector Trail 41.13670, -74.30109
Nearest town Hewitt, NJ
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Monksville Reservoir & Monks Connector Trail via Monks Trail

1.6 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 37 min

Elevation 408–542 ft

Out & Back · Long Pond Ironworks State Park

Trailhead: Monks Connector Trail · 41.13670, -74.30109

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Monks Connector Trail, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftPass Monksville Reservoir.
  3. 350 ftSharp left onto Monks Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.7 miSharp left onto Monks Spur Trail, heading SE.
  5. 150 ftReach Monksville Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 150 ftSharp right onto Monks Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.7 miSharp right onto Monks Connector Trail, heading N.
  8. 50 ftArrive 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/monksville-reservoir-monks-connector-trail-out-back

Trail surface

90% dirt10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Hewitt, New Jersey