Wawayanda State Park

Old Coal Trail–Red Dot Cedar Connector, 4 sights

8.8 mi · ▲ 763 ft · 3 hr 19 min

Old Coal Trail–Red Dot Cedar Connector, 4 sights is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Wawayanda State Park near Upper Greenwood Lake, NJ. It climbs 763 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,161 – 1,368 ft9.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.17628, -74.40206
Nearest town Upper Greenwood Lake, NJ

Directions

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Old Coal Trail–Red Dot Cedar Connector, 4 sights

8.8 mi · ▲ 763 ft · 3 hr 19 min

Elevation 1,160–1,367 ft

Out & Back · Wawayanda State Park

Trailhead: 41.17628, -74.40206

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 100 ftContinue straight onto Double Pond Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.5 miSharp left onto Cedar Swamp Trail, heading S.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Red Dot Cedar Connector, heading SW.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left onto Red Dot Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 350 ftTurn left onto Twin Bridges Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  10. 500 ftContinue straight onto Old Coal Trail, heading S.
  11. 1.6 miTurn right onto Sponge Bob Square Pants, heading SE.
  12. 0.7 miReach Red Dot Cedar Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.7 miTurn left onto Old Coal Trail, heading NW.
  14. 1.6 miContinue straight onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading N.
  15. 500 ftTurn right onto Twin Bridges Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  17. 350 ftTurn left onto Red Dot Trail, heading NE.
  18. 0.5 miTurn right onto Red Dot Cedar Connector, heading NE.
  19. 0.7 miBear left onto Cedar Swamp Trail, heading N.
  20. 50 ftSharp right onto Double Pond Trail, heading NE.
  21. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  22. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

98% dirt2% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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