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
- Start on Double Pond Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Red Dot Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Twin Bridges Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Old Coal Trail, heading SW.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Sponge Bob Square Pants, heading SE.
- 0.7 miReach Red Dot Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Old Coal Trail, heading N.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Twin Bridges Trail, heading N.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Red Dot Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Double Pond Trail, heading N.
- 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°
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
More from Double Pond Trail Trailhead
- Double Pond Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 85 ft
- Red Dot Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 200 ft
- Double Pond Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 85 ft
- Banker Trail & Cedar Swamp Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 227 ft
- Laurel Pond–Banker Trail, 3 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 220 ft
- Black Eagle Trail–Double Pond Trail, 3 sights 6.3 mi · ▲ 364 ft
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