Prospect Rock & Parker Lake via Appalachian Trail is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Abram S. Hewitt State Forest near Willow Brook, NJ. The route passes Parker Lake before reaching Prospect Rock at the turnaround, 4.2 miles in. It climbs 952 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,086 – 1,424 ft8.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: William Hoeferlin Trail 41.19828, -74.39739
Nearest town Willow Brook, NJ
Directions
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Prospect Rock & Parker Lake via Appalachian Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 952 ft · 3 hr 17 min
Elevation 1,086–1,422 ft
Out & Back · Abram S. Hewitt State Forest
Trailhead: William Hoeferlin Trail · 41.19828, -74.39739
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on William Hoeferlin Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Parker Lake.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 4 miReach Prospect Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto William Hoeferlin Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
99% dirt1% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from William Hoeferlin Trail Trailhead
- Parker Lake–Cross Road/William Hoeferlin Trail, 4 sights 3 mi · ▲ 265 ft
- Parker Lake & William Hoeferlin Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 281 ft
- Laurel Pond–Parker Lake, 5 sights 6.4 mi · ▲ 394 ft
- Wawayanda Lake–Laurel Pond Loop, 9 sights 6.8 mi · ▲ 578 ft
- Parker Lake–Banker Trail, 4 sights 7.2 mi · ▲ 474 ft
- Pinwheel Vista–Parker Lake, 3 sights 7.6 mi · ▲ 1,247 ft
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