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Dickerson Mine Preserve

Sunset Lake–Dickerson Mine Preserve Beach, 5 beaches

1.9 mi · ▲ 241 ft · 45 min

Sunset Lake–Dickerson Mine Preserve Beach, 5 beaches is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Dickerson Mine Preserve near Kenvil, NJ. The route passes Sunset Lake, Mine Hill Beach and Dickerson Mine Preserve Beach. It is mostly level, with 241 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi719 – 902 ft2.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.87115, -74.61632
Nearest town Kenvil, NJ
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Sunset Lake–Dickerson Mine Preserve Beach, 5 beaches

1.9 mi · ▲ 241 ft · 45 min

Elevation 718–903 ft

Out & Back · Dickerson Mine Preserve

Trailhead: 40.87115, -74.61632

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftPass Sunset Lake.
  3. 50 ftPass Mine Hill Beach.
  4. 450 ftSharp left onto Orange - Beach Connector, heading E.
  5. 0.5 miPass Dickerson Mine Preserve Beach.
  6. 50 ftSharp right onto White Trail (Dickerson Mine Trail), heading SE.
  7. 250 ftTurn left onto Irish Spring White Link, heading NE.
  8. 450 ftContinue straight onto Blue Trail (Canfield Mine Trail), heading E.
  9. 400 ftTurn left onto White Trail (Dickerson Mine Trail), heading E.
  10. 250 ftSharp left onto Irish Spring Road, heading SE.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left onto Evers Mine Pink, heading NE.
  12. 100 ftReach Sunset Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto Irish Spring Road, heading NE.
  14. 0.1 miSharp right onto White Trail (Dickerson Mine Trail), heading SW.
  15. 250 ftTurn right onto Blue Trail (Canfield Mine Trail), heading SW.
  16. 400 ftContinue straight onto Irish Spring White Link, heading SW.
  17. 450 ftTurn right onto White Trail (Dickerson Mine Trail), heading SW.
  18. 300 ftSharp left onto Orange - Beach Connector, heading SW.
  19. 0.5 miSharp right, heading NE.
  20. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/sunset-lake-dickerson-mine-preserve-beach-out-back-6-beaches

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Kenvil, New Jersey