Mount Cecchino–Ancients Pond, 4 sights
2.8 mi · ▲ 319 ft · 1 hr 6 min
Mount Cecchino–Ancients Pond, 4 sights is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in High Mountain Park Preserve near North Haledon, NJ. The route passes Mount Cecchino and Ancients Pond. It climbs 319 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mount Cecchino–Ancients Pond, 4 sights
2.8 mi · ▲ 319 ft · 1 hr 6 min
Elevation 400–691 ft
Out & Back · High Mountain Park Preserve
Trailhead: 40.95735, -74.20907
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Transit-accessible: Paterson Hamburg Tpke at Duncan Ln stop 645 m from the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto The Great Escape, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Woodland Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Black Bear, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Woodland Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Summit Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miPass Mount Cecchino.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 300 ftBear left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Woodland Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Summit Trail, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right onto Jack's, heading NW.
- 0.4 miPass Ancients Pond.
- 150 ftBear left onto Dyn-O-Mite!, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:42 PM — 11 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Paterson Hamburg Tpke at Duncan Ln stop 645 m from the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Woodland Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 262 ft
- Woodland Sunset Point via Woodland Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 262 ft
- Indians Loop via Summit Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 523 ft
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