Seeley's Pond–Little Seeley's Pond, 4 sights is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Watchung Reservation near Mountainside, NJ. The route passes Seeley's Pond before reaching Little Seeley's Pond at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 352 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi226 – 486 ft5.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: White Trail 40.68606, -74.36173
Nearest town Mountainside, NJ
Directions
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Seeley's Pond–Little Seeley's Pond, 4 sights
4.7 mi · ▲ 352 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Elevation 226–485 ft
Out & Back · Watchung Reservation
Trailhead: White Trail · 40.68606, -74.36173
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on White Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Red / White Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Green / White / Yellow Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftSharp left onto Orange / White Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear right onto Orange Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto White Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Blue / White Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto White Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right onto Purple Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 400 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto White Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miPass Little Seeley's Pond.
- 0.1 miReach Seeley's Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Purple Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto White Trail, heading NE.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Blue / White Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto White Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Orange / White Trail, heading E.
- 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 NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Red / White Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left onto White Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
7% dirt1% boardwalk92% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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