Swartswood Lake–Duck Pond, 6 lakes is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Swartswood State Park near Swartswood, NJ. The route passes Swartswood State Park Beach, Swartswood Lake and Duck Pond before reaching Spring Lake at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 110 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi482 – 577 ft2.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Emmons Path Trail 41.07435, -74.82634
Nearest town Swartswood, NJ
Directions
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Swartswood Lake–Duck Pond, 6 lakes
2.1 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 45 min
Elevation 484–577 ft
Out & Back · Swartswood State Park
Trailhead: Emmons Path Trail · 41.07435, -74.82634
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Swartswood State Park Beach.
- 50 ftPass Swartswood Lake.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftPass Duck Pond.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Spring Lake Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Passage Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miPass Spring Lake.
- 150 ftReach Swartswood Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Spring Lake Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
64% dirt36% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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