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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftBear right onto Yellow/Highlands Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.8 miBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miPass Saffin Pond.
  5. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto Ogden Mine Railroad Trail, heading W.
  7. 50 ftTurn left onto Weldon Brook/Highlands Trail, heading W.
  8. 1.4 miTurn left onto Orange/Highlands Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.4 miPass Blue Heron Lake.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Tiger Blood, heading W.
  11. 50 ftBear right onto Orange/Highlands Trail, heading W.
  12. 150 ftTurn left onto Blue Heron Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  14. 250 ftReach Saffin Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right onto Orange/Highlands Trail, heading N.
  16. 150 ftBear left onto Tiger Blood, heading N.
  17. 50 ftTurn left onto Orange/Highlands Trail, heading N.
  18. 0.5 miTurn right onto Weldon Brook/Highlands Trail, heading E.
  19. 1.4 miTurn right onto Ogden Mine Railroad Trail, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  21. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  22. 200 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
  23. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  24. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Yellow/Highlands Trail, heading SE.
  25. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  26. 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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