Sunrise Lake–Lewis Morris County Park Beach, 3 beaches is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Lewis Morris County Park near Brookside, NJ. The route passes Sunrise Lake and Lewis Morris County Park Beach. It climbs 420 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi348 – 607 ft6.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Patriots' Path 40.79580, -74.56022
Nearest town Brookside, NJ
Directions
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Sunrise Lake–Lewis Morris County Park Beach, 3 beaches
5.5 mi · ▲ 420 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Elevation 348–607 ft
Out & Back · Lewis Morris County Park
Trailhead: Patriots' Path · 40.79580, -74.56022
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 77°F / low 64° · precip 2% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Patriots' Path, heading W.
- 1 miPass Sunrise Lake.
- 50 ftPass Lewis Morris County Park Beach.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Green Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Aqueduct Loop/Orange/Patriots' Path Trail (Blue), heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Aqueduct Loop/Orange Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Aqueduct Loop Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Sunrise Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Aqueduct Loop/Orange Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Aqueduct Loop/Orange/Patriots' Path Trail (Blue), heading S.
- 350 ftBear left onto Orange Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Green Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Patriots' Path, heading NW.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
78% dirt22% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 77°F64°
Precip2%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity72%
Rained 0.3″ 2 days ago (0.4″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 6:30 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:26 PM
Sun
72°62°
Mon
79°58°
Tue
82°61°
Wed
84°65°
Thu
82°66°
Fri
73°55°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Patriots' Path Trailhead
- Patriots' Path 2.1 mi · ▲ 221 ft
- Legend Rock–Pink Trail, 4 sights 2.9 mi · ▲ 515 ft
- Sunrise Lake–Lewis Morris County Park Beach, 3 beaches 4.3 mi · ▲ 276 ft
- Randolph Trails & Yellow Trail / Patriots' Path 6.5 mi · ▲ 901 ft
- Patriots' Path & Yellow Trail / Patriots' Path 8.3 mi · ▲ 990 ft
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