2024-10-22 13 20 33 Autumn view west-southwest across Monksville Reservoir from Passaic County Route 511 (Greenwood Lake Turnpike) in West Milford Township, Passaic County, New Jersey.jpg
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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

  1. Start on Monks Spur Trail, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Monksville Reservoir.
  3. 150 ftSharp right onto Monks Trail, heading E.
  4. 1.1 miReach Monksville Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.1 miSharp left onto Monks Spur Trail, heading SE.
  6. 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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