Saffin Pond–Blue Heron Lake, 5 sights is a 6.3-mile out-and-back near Weldon, NJ. The route passes Saffin Pond and Blue Heron Lake. It climbs 574 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,132 – 1,342 ft6.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.00932, -74.57210
Nearest town Weldon, NJ
Directions
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Saffin Pond–Blue Heron Lake, 5 sights
6.3 mi · ▲ 574 ft · 2 hr 23 min
Elevation 1,132–1,341 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 41.00932, -74.57210
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Yellow/Highlands Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miPass Saffin Pond.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Ogden Mine Railroad Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Weldon Brook/Highlands Trail, heading W.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Orange/Highlands Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miPass Blue Heron Lake.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Tiger Blood, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Orange/Highlands Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Blue Heron Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftReach Saffin Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Orange/Highlands Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left onto Tiger Blood, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Orange/Highlands Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Weldon Brook/Highlands Trail, heading E.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Ogden Mine Railroad Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Yellow/Highlands Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 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
92% dirt8% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:23 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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