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Hamburg Mountain Wildlife Management Area

Moonspin Glade–Matos Lake, 7 sights

5.6 mi · ▲ 1,861 ft · 2 hr 48 min

Moonspin Glade–Matos Lake, 7 sights is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Hamburg Mountain Wildlife Management Area near Sand Hills, NJ. The route passes Moonspin Glade, Mountain Lake, Moonspin Glade and Matos Lake before reaching Great Gorge Lake at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 1,861 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi820 – 1,434 ft · steepest grade: 20%6.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lower Greenhorn 41.18759, -74.50199
Nearest town Sand Hills, NJ
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Moonspin Glade–Matos Lake, 7 sights

5.6 mi · ▲ 1,861 ft · 2 hr 48 min

Elevation 820–1,435 ft

Out & Back · Hamburg Mountain Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Lower Greenhorn · 41.18759, -74.50199

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

Transit-accessible: Mountain Creek Shuttle stop 484 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 350 ftTurn left onto Lower Asylum, heading SE.
  3. 200 ftContinue straight onto Crap Chute, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Lower Asylum, heading E.
  5. 50 ftPass Moonspin Glade.
  6. 150 ftBear left onto Asylum Connector, heading SW.
  7. 100 ftContinue straight onto Utah, heading SW.
  8. 0.1 miSharp right onto Stalker, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto 99, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftPass Mountain Lake.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bushwack, heading E.
  13. 200 ftTurn right onto Bushwhack, heading S.
  14. 50 ftPass Moonspin Glade.
  15. 250 ftBear left onto 99, heading S.
  16. 50 ftTurn right onto Bushwhack, heading S.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  18. 150 ftContinue straight onto Outlaw, heading S.
  19. 50 ftTurn right onto Greenhorn, heading S.
  20. 50 ftPass Matos Lake.
  21. 100 ftContinue straight onto Ego Trip, heading S.
  22. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  23. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  24. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  25. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  26. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  27. 1 miSharp left, heading W.
  28. 0.9 miPass Great Gorge Lake.
  29. 50 ftReach Moonspin Glade, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  30. 0.9 miSharp right, heading NW.
  31. 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  32. 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  33. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  34. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  35. 150 ftContinue straight onto Greenhorn, heading NE.
  36. 100 ftTurn left onto Outlaw, heading NE.
  37. 250 ftTurn right onto Bushwhack, heading E.
  38. 50 ftTurn left onto 99, heading E.
  39. 50 ftBear right onto Bushwhack, heading NE.
  40. 250 ftTurn left onto Bushwack, heading NE.
  41. 200 ftContinue straight onto 99, heading N.
  42. 150 ftTurn right onto Stalker, heading N.
  43. 50 ftSharp left onto Utah, heading N.
  44. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Asylum Connector, heading N.
  45. 100 ftBear right onto Lower Asylum, heading NE.
  46. 150 ftBear right onto Crap Chute, heading NE.
  47. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lower Asylum, heading NE.
  48. 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  49. 300 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/moonspin-glade-moonspin-glade-out-back-10-lakes

Trail surface

78% gravel14% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Mountain Creek Shuttle stop 484 m from the trailhead

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