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Old Coal Trail–Red Dot Trail, 4 sights is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Wawayanda State Park near Wawayanda, NJ. It climbs 765 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,132 – 1,368 ft8.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Double Pond Trail 41.18537, -74.42022
Nearest town Wawayanda, NJ

Directions

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Old Coal Trail–Red Dot Trail, 4 sights

8.4 mi · ▲ 765 ft · 3 hr 11 min

Elevation 1,132–1,367 ft

Out & Back · Wawayanda State Park

Trailhead: Double Pond Trail · 41.18537, -74.42022

Weather Sep 7: Overcast, high 72°F / low 54° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start on Double Pond Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right onto Red Dot Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.4 miBear right onto Twin Bridges Trail, heading SW.
  4. 1.2 miTurn left onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading S.
  5. 500 ftContinue straight onto Old Coal Trail, heading SW.
  6. 1.6 miTurn right onto Sponge Bob Square Pants, heading SE.
  7. 0.7 miReach Red Dot Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.7 miTurn left onto Old Coal Trail, heading N.
  9. 1.6 miContinue straight onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading N.
  10. 500 ftTurn right onto Twin Bridges Trail, heading N.
  11. 1.2 miBear left onto Red Dot Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left onto Double Pond Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

97% dirt2% gravel1% boardwalk

Weather

OvercastTemperature 72°F54°
Precip0%Wind6 mphUV6Humidity67%
Rained 0.1″ 4 days ago (0.4″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
75°50°
Sunrise 6:31 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:22 PM
Tue 75°58°
Wed 80°57°
Thu 76°60° 30%
Fri 72°50° 15%
Sat 76°50°
Sun 80°55°

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