Monksville Reservoir & Monks Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Long Pond Ironworks State Park near Hewitt, NJ. The route reaches Monksville Reservoir. It is mostly level, with 197 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi407 – 541 ft2.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Monks Spur Trail 41.12690, -74.30176
Nearest town Hewitt, NJ
Directions
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Monksville Reservoir & Monks Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 197 ft · 48 min
Elevation 408–542 ft
Out & Back · Long Pond Ironworks State Park
Trailhead: Monks Spur Trail · 41.12690, -74.30176
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Monks Spur Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Monksville Reservoir.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Monks Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miReach Monksville Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Monks Spur Trail, heading SE.
- 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 surface
96% dirt4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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