Hamburg Mountain Wildlife Management Area
Moonspin Glade–Matos Lake, 7 sights
4.4 mi · ▲ 485 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Moonspin Glade–Matos Lake, 7 sights is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Hamburg Mountain Wildlife Management Area near Highland Lakes, NJ. The route passes Matos Lake and Moonspin Glade before reaching Mountain Lake at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 485 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Moonspin Glade–Matos Lake, 7 sights
4.4 mi · ▲ 485 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Elevation 1,259–1,439 ft
Out & Back · Hamburg Mountain Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Daniel Boone Trail · 41.16291, -74.49274
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
- Start on Daniel Boone Trail, heading W.
- 1.3 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.5 miPass Matos Lake.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right onto Ego Trip, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Greenhorn, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Outlaw, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Upper Dominion, heading NE.
- 150 ftPass Mountain Lake.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bushwhack, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto 99, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Bushwhack, heading N.
- 250 ftReach Moonspin Glade, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftBear left onto 99, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bushwhack, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Upper Dominion, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Outlaw, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Greenhorn, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Ego Trip, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Daniel Boone Trail, heading S.
- 1.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- South Peak & Daniel Boone Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 712 ft
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