Long Pond Ironworks State Park

Tranquility Mountain–Monksville Reservoir, 3 summits

3.8 mi · ▲ 692 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Tranquility Mountain–Monksville Reservoir, 3 summits is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Long Pond Ironworks State Park near Hewitt, NJ. The route passes Monksville Reservoir before reaching Tranquility Mountain at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 692 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi407 – 915 ft · steepest grade: 21%3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Monks Spur Trail 41.12690, -74.30176
Nearest town Hewitt, NJ

Directions

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Tranquility Mountain–Monksville Reservoir, 3 summits

3.8 mi · ▲ 692 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Elevation 408–915 ft

Out & Back · Long Pond Ironworks State Park

Trailhead: Monks Spur Trail · 41.12690, -74.30176

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Monks Spur Trail, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Monksville Reservoir.
  3. 150 ftSharp right onto Monks Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.7 miSharp right onto Monks Connector Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miSharp right onto Pipeline Service Road, heading SE.
  6. 0.6 miSharp right, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miReach Tranquility Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.9 miSharp left onto Monks Connector Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.3 miSharp left onto Monks Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.7 miSharp left onto Monks Spur Trail, heading W.
  11. 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

84% dirt16% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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