Mountain Lake–Birchwood Lake, 8 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 320 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Mountain Lake–Birchwood Lake, 8 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Tourne County Park near Mountain Lakes, NJ. The route passes Birchwood Lake and Mountain Lake before reaching Sunset Lake at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 320 ft. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mountain Lake–Birchwood Lake, 8 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 320 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Elevation 512–680 ft
Out & Back · Tourne County Park
Trailhead: Green (Evergreen Trail) · 40.90745, -74.43250
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 648 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Dot Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Red Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Birchwood Loop, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Birchwood Lake.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Sled Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 300 ftSharp right onto Boulevard Bike Path, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Mountain Lake.
- 0.5 miReach Mountain Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftPass Sunset Lake.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sled Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Birchwood Loop, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Red Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Blue Dot Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Red Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 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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- Transit-accessible: stop 648 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Green (Evergreen Trail) Trailhead
- Tourne–Elephant Rock, 3 summits 1.1 mi · ▲ 290 ft
- Fox Hill–Elephant Rock, 3 summits 1.5 mi · ▲ 260 ft
- Crystal Lake–Birchwood Lake, 5 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 84 ft
- Birchwood Lake–Blue Dot Trail, 5 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 177 ft
- Boiling Spring–Birchwood Lake, 6 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 116 ft
- Elephant Rock–Birchwood Lake, 5 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 347 ft
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