Prospect Rock–Ernest Walter Viewpoint, 5 sights is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Abram S. Hewitt State Forest near Lakeside, NJ. The route passes Prospect Rock and West Pond before reaching Ernest Walter Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 532 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,086 – 1,424 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.20312, -74.34101
Nearest town Lakeside, NJ
Directions
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Prospect Rock–Ernest Walter Viewpoint, 5 sights
4.2 mi · ▲ 532 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Elevation 1,085–1,422 ft
Out & Back · Abram S. Hewitt State Forest
Trailhead: 41.20312, -74.34101
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Prospect Rock.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miPass West Pond.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto West Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Prospect Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftPass Ernest Walter Viewpoint.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto West Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 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
66% dirt34% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM
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