Tranquility Ridge Park
Tranquility Ridge Park Viewpoint–Sally's Pond, 3 sights
10.1 mi · ▲ 1,259 ft · 4 hr
Tranquility Ridge Park Viewpoint–Sally's Pond, 3 sights is a 10.1-mile out-and-back in Tranquility Ridge Park near Skylands, NJ. The route passes Sally's Pond before reaching Tranquility Ridge Park Viewpoint at the turnaround, 5 miles in. It climbs 1,259 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Tranquility Ridge Park Viewpoint–Sally's Pond, 3 sights
10.1 mi · ▲ 1,259 ft · 4 hr
Elevation 349–1,217 ft
Out & Back · Tranquility Ridge Park
Trailhead: Boro Parkway · 41.13378, -74.26179
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Boro Parkway, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right onto Farm Road/Manor Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left onto Chicken House Road/Manor Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miPass Sally's Pond.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading W.
- 2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Beech Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Lake to Lake Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miReach Tranquility Ridge Park Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Beech Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading SE.
- 2 miTurn right onto Chicken House Road/Manor Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Farm Road/Manor Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Boro Parkway, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Boro Parkway Trailhead
- Sally's Pond–Chicken House Road/Manor Trail Loop, 3 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 230 ft
- Blue Lake–Sally's Pond, 3 lakes 4.7 mi · ▲ 353 ft
- Sally's Pond–Beech Ridge, 5 sights 10.4 mi · ▲ 825 ft
- Bare Rock Vista–Sally's Pond, 6 sights 15.1 mi · ▲ 2,084 ft
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