Wawayanda State Park
Sponge Bob Square Pants & Thirsty Dog via Old Coal Trail
5.3 mi · ▲ 444 ft · 1 hr 59 min
Sponge Bob Square Pants & Thirsty Dog via Old Coal Trail is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Wawayanda State Park near Uttertown, NJ. It climbs 444 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,112 – 1,388 ft5.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.12379, -74.42123
Nearest town Uttertown, NJ
Directions
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Sponge Bob Square Pants & Thirsty Dog via Old Coal Trail
5.3 mi · ▲ 444 ft · 1 hr 59 min
Elevation 1,111–1,389 ft
Out & Back · Wawayanda State Park
Trailhead: 41.12379, -74.42123
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Wildcat Loop, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Sponge Bob Square Pants, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Old Coal Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Buddha, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Turkey Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miReach Sponge Bob Square Pants, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Thirsty Dog, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Old Coal Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Wildcat Loop, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 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
96% dirt4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 167 ft
- Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 117 ft
- Lookover Lake & Old Coal Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 144 ft
- Bearfort Waters-Clinton Trail & Bearfort Waters-Clinton/Highlands Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 279 ft
- Split Rock–Sponge Bob Square Pants, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 329 ft
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