Seele–White Viewpoint, 5 sights is a 6-mile out-and-back in Watchung Reservation near Mountainside, NJ. The route passes White Viewpoint and Seele before reaching Seeley's Pond at the turnaround, 3 miles in. It climbs 641 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi240 – 446 ft6.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.68395, -74.37234
Nearest town Mountainside, NJ
Directions
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Seele–White Viewpoint, 5 sights
6 mi · ▲ 641 ft · 2 hr 19 min
Elevation 238–445 ft
Out & Back · Watchung Reservation
Trailhead: 40.68395, -74.37234
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Green / White / Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftSharp left onto Orange / White Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear right onto Orange Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left onto White Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Blue / White Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto White Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right onto Purple Trail, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Sierra Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear left onto White Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miPass White Viewpoint.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miPass Seeley's Pond.
- 350 ftReach Seele, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sierra Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Purple Trail, heading E.
- 500 ftBear left onto White Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Blue / White Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto White Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Orange / White Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Green / White / Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Green / Purple / White Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
31% dirt2% gravel67% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Orange Trail & Purple / Yellow Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 193 ft
- Lake Surprise & White Trail via Purple Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 168 ft
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