Wawayanda State Park

Parker Lake–Cedar Swamp Trail, 6 sights

9.7 mi · ▲ 629 ft · 3 hr 33 min

Parker Lake–Cedar Swamp Trail, 6 sights is a 9.7-mile out-and-back in Wawayanda State Park near Willow Brook, NJ. The route reaches Parker Lake. It climbs 629 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi935 – 1,293 ft10.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Wawayanda Road 41.21751, -74.39602
Nearest town Willow Brook, NJ

Directions

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Parker Lake–Cedar Swamp Trail, 6 sights

9.7 mi · ▲ 629 ft · 3 hr 33 min

Elevation 935–1,292 ft

Out & Back · Wawayanda State Park

Trailhead: Old Wawayanda Road · 41.21751, -74.39602

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

  1. Start on Old Wawayanda Road, heading S.
  2. 0.4 miBear right onto Mine Loop, heading W.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Wawayanda Road, heading SW.
  4. 450 ftContinue straight onto Old Wawayanda Road/William Hoeferlin Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.5 miTurn left onto William Hoeferlin Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miPass Parker Lake.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
  8. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  9. 250 ftContinue straight onto William Hoeferlin Trail, heading S.
  10. 1.7 miTurn right onto Double Pond Trail, heading SW.
  11. 0.5 miSharp left onto Cedar Swamp Trail, heading W.
  12. 1.4 miReach Parker Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 1.4 miSharp right onto Double Pond Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.5 miTurn left onto William Hoeferlin Trail, heading NE.
  15. 1.8 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
  16. 200 ftContinue straight onto William Hoeferlin Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right onto Old Wawayanda Road/William Hoeferlin Trail, heading N.
  18. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Old Wawayanda Road, heading N.
  19. 450 ftTurn right onto Mine Loop, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftBear left onto Old Wawayanda Road, heading NE.
  21. 0.4 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

79% dirt20% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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