Prospect Rock–Woodruff Gap, 6 sights is a 9.4-mile out-and-back in Abram S. Hewitt State Forest near Browns, NJ. The route passes Woodruff Gap, West Pond and Prospect Rock before reaching Cascade Lake at the turnaround, 4.5 miles in. It climbs 1,419 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi804 – 1,460 ft · steepest grade: 33%9.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Bearfort Ridge Connector 41.15745, -74.36713
Nearest town Browns, NJ
Directions
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Prospect Rock–Woodruff Gap, 6 sights
9.4 mi · ▲ 1,419 ft · 3 hr 51 min
Elevation 805–1,459 ft
Out & Back · Abram S. Hewitt State Forest
Trailhead: Bearfort Ridge Connector · 41.15745, -74.36713
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Transit-accessible: stop 791 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Bearfort Ridge Connector, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bearfort Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Woodruff Gap.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto West Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 1.6 miPass West Pond.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Prospect Rock.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miPass Cascade Lake.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Prospect Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto West Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Bearfort Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Bearfort Ridge Connector, heading SW.
- 0.2 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
70% dirt30% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: stop 791 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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