Hamburg Mountain Wildlife Management Area

Silver Lake–Mud Pond, 5 sights

5 mi · ▲ 402 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Silver Lake–Mud Pond, 5 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Hamburg Mountain Wildlife Management Area near Rudeville, NJ. The route passes Mud Pond before reaching Silver Lake at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 402 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,086 – 1,362 ft · steepest grade: 16%5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Road (on 1888 map, not 1943) 41.13955, -74.51565
Nearest town Rudeville, NJ

Directions

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Silver Lake–Mud Pond, 5 sights

5 mi · ▲ 402 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Elevation 1,085–1,362 ft

Out & Back · Hamburg Mountain Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Old Road (on 1888 map, not 1943) · 41.13955, -74.51565

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

  1. Start on Old Road (on 1888 map, not 1943), heading SW.
  2. 50 ftPass Mud Pond.
  3. 1.2 miSharp right onto Old Road (on 1943 map, not 1888), heading N.
  4. 0.6 miSharp left onto Woods Road, heading S.
  5. 0.7 miReach Silver Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.7 miSharp right onto Old Road (on 1943 map, not 1888), heading S.
  7. 0.6 miSharp left onto Old Road (on 1888 map, not 1943), heading NE.
  8. 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

29% dirt71% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:23 PM

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