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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Double Pond Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Cedar Swamp Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Red Dot Cedar Connector, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Red Dot Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Twin Bridges Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Old Coal Trail, heading S.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Sponge Bob Square Pants, heading SE.
- 0.7 miReach Red Dot Cedar Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Old Coal Trail, heading NW.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Twin Bridges Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Red Dot Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Red Dot Cedar Connector, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Cedar Swamp Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Double Pond Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 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
More from this trailhead
- Plymouth Lane Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 27 ft
- Red Dot Cedar Connector via Cedar Swamp Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 138 ft
- Black Eagle Trail & William Hoeferlin Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 307 ft
- Highland Lakes Beach 5–Cherry Ridge Trail, 5 sights 7.3 mi · ▲ 524 ft
- Woodruff Gap–West Pond, 6 sights 15.9 mi · ▲ 1,974 ft
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