Wawayanda State Park

Terrace Pond–Terrace Pond Circular Trail / Terrace Pond North Loop, 4 sights

5 mi · ▲ 429 ft · 1 hr 53 min

Terrace Pond–Terrace Pond Circular Trail / Terrace Pond North Loop, 4 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Wawayanda State Park near Uttertown, NJ. The route reaches Terrace Pond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 429 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,116 – 1,453 ft · steepest grade: 24%5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Fire Tower West Trail 41.11036, -74.41227
Nearest town Uttertown, NJ

Directions

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Terrace Pond–Terrace Pond Circular Trail / Terrace Pond North Loop, 4 sights

5 mi · ▲ 429 ft · 1 hr 53 min

Elevation 1,116–1,454 ft

Out & Back · Wawayanda State Park

Trailhead: Fire Tower West Trail · 41.11036, -74.41227

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

  1. Start on Fire Tower West Trail, heading N.
  2. 250 ftBear right onto Terrace Pond Red Trail, heading NE.
  3. 1.3 miTurn left onto Terrace Pond North Loop / Terrace Pond Red Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right onto Terrace Pond North Loop, heading NE.
  5. 0.7 miTurn right onto Terrace Pond Circular Trail / Terrace Pond North Loop, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 50 ftReach Terrace Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left onto Terrace Pond North Loop, heading SW.
  9. 0.7 miTurn left onto Terrace Pond North Loop / Terrace Pond Red Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Terrace Pond Red Trail, heading E.
  11. 1.3 miBear left onto Fire Tower West Trail, heading SW.
  12. 100 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

46% dirt54% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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