Perrine Pond–Hooks Creek Lake Beach, 4 sights
3.5 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Perrine Pond–Hooks Creek Lake Beach, 4 sights is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Cheesequake State Park near Morristown, NJ. The route passes Hooks Creek Lake Beach and Perrine Pond. It is mostly level, with 165 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Perrine Pond–Hooks Creek Lake Beach, 4 sights
3.5 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Elevation 4–105 ft
Out & Back · Cheesequake State Park
Trailhead: Green Trail · 40.43248, -74.26738
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 81°F / low 69° · precip 2% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miPass Hooks Creek Lake Beach.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Blue / Green / Red Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Green / Red Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Perrine Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miPass Perrine Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Perrine Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Green Trail, heading S.
- 1.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Green Trail Trailhead
- Hooks Creek Lake–Hooks Creek Lake Beach, 3 beaches 1.9 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Scenic View - Tidal Creeks–Perrine Pond, 4 beaches 2.1 mi · ▲ 54 ft
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