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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Green / White / Yellow Trail, heading NW.
  4. 350 ftSharp left onto Orange / White Trail, heading NE.
  5. 450 ftBear right onto Orange Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading W.
  7. 100 ftTurn left onto White Trail, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Blue / White Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto White Trail, heading SW.
  10. 350 ftBear right onto Purple Trail, heading W.
  11. 500 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  12. 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 250 ftBear right onto Sierra Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.6 miBear left onto White Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.9 miPass White Viewpoint.
  16. 350 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  17. 0.3 miPass Seeley's Pond.
  18. 350 ftReach Seele, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 1.4 miBear right, heading NE.
  20. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Sierra Trail, heading E.
  21. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  22. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  23. 350 ftTurn right onto Purple Trail, heading E.
  24. 500 ftBear left onto White Trail, heading NE.
  25. 350 ftContinue straight onto Blue / White Trail, heading N.
  26. 0.1 miTurn left onto White Trail, heading NE.
  27. 50 ftTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
  28. 150 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading N.
  29. 0.2 miBear left onto Orange / White Trail, heading NE.
  30. 450 ftSharp right onto Green / White / Yellow Trail, heading E.
  31. 350 ftTurn left onto Green / Purple / White Trail, heading E.
  32. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  33. 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

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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