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Mount Hope Historical County Park

Mount Hope Pond & Red Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 306 ft · 57 min

Mount Hope Pond & Red Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Mount Hope Historical County Park near Mount Hope, NJ. The route reaches Mount Hope Pond. It climbs 306 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi853 – 1,001 ft · steepest grade: 16%2.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.92830, -74.54521
Nearest town Mount Hope, NJ
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Mount Hope Pond & Red Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 306 ft · 57 min

Elevation 852–1,001 ft

Out & Back · Mount Hope Historical County Park

Trailhead: 40.92830, -74.54521

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftPass Mount Hope Pond.
  3. 450 ftBear right, heading W.
  4. 0.5 miSharp right onto Red Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.6 miReach Mount Hope Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.6 miSharp left onto White Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
  8. 450 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/mount-hope-pond-red-trail-out-back-4-km-1956

Trail surface

68% dirt32% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 6:54 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM — 5 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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