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Wawayanda State Park

Wawayanda Lake–Laurel Pond, 6 sights

7.2 mi · ▲ 332 ft · 2 hr 34 min

Wawayanda Lake–Laurel Pond, 6 sights is a 7.2-mile out-and-back in Wawayanda State Park near Wawayanda, NJ. The route passes Wawayanda Beach, Wawayanda Lake and Laurel Pond. It climbs 332 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,116 – 1,237 ft7.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Wawayanda Lake Loop Trail 41.19052, -74.42925
Nearest town Wawayanda, NJ
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Wawayanda Lake–Laurel Pond, 6 sights

7.2 mi · ▲ 332 ft · 2 hr 34 min

Elevation 1,117–1,238 ft

Out & Back · Wawayanda State Park

Trailhead: Wawayanda Lake Loop Trail · 41.19052, -74.42925

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Wawayanda Lake Loop Trail, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftPass Wawayanda Beach.
  3. 0.2 miPass Wawayanda Lake.
  4. 150 ftContinue straight onto Wawayanda Lake Loop, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right onto Wingdam Trail, heading SW.
  6. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Double Pond Trail, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftPass Laurel Pond.
  9. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Cedar Swamp Trail, heading SE.
  10. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Banker Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miReach Wawayanda Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right onto Banker Trail, heading NW.
  14. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Cedar Swamp Trail, heading NE.
  15. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Double Pond Trail, heading N.
  16. 1 miTurn right onto Wingdam Trail, heading SW.
  17. 250 ftTurn left onto Wawayanda Lake Loop, heading SW.
  18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Wawayanda Lake Loop Trail, heading NE.
  19. 0.2 miArrive 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/wawayanda-lake-laurel-pond-out-back-7-sights

Trail surface

74% dirt11% gravel1% boardwalk14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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