Tranquility Ridge Park
Tranquility Ridge Park Viewpoint & Hewitt Connector Trail via Lake to Lake Trail
9.9 mi · ▲ 1,637 ft · 4 hr 7 min
Tranquility Ridge Park Viewpoint & Hewitt Connector Trail via Lake to Lake Trail is a 9.9-mile out-and-back in Tranquility Ridge Park near Skylands, NJ. The route reaches Tranquility Ridge Park Viewpoint at the turnaround, 5 miles in. It climbs 1,637 ft. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Tranquility Ridge Park Viewpoint & Hewitt Connector Trail via Lake to Lake Trail
9.9 mi · ▲ 1,637 ft · 4 hr 7 min
Elevation 400–1,217 ft
Out & Back · Tranquility Ridge Park
Trailhead: Hewitt Connector Trail · 41.14171, -74.24897
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Hewitt Connector Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Beech Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Lake to Lake Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miReach Tranquility Ridge Park Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Beech Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Hewitt Connector Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Hewitt Connector Trail Trailhead
- Blue Lake & Hewitt Connector Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 642 ft
- Blue Lake–Sandy Beach Lake, 5 sights 6.8 mi · ▲ 912 ft
- Beech Ridge–Hewitt Connector Trail, 4 sights 10.3 mi · ▲ 1,197 ft
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