Wawayanda State Park
Wawayanda Lake–Lookover Lake, 8 sights
12.2 mi · ▲ 776 ft · 4 hr 27 min
Wawayanda Lake–Lookover Lake, 8 sights is a 12.2-mile out-and-back in Wawayanda State Park near Uttertown, NJ. The route passes Lookover Lake, Lake Lookout, Lookout and Wawayanda Lake before reaching Wawayanda State Park Beach at the turnaround, 6.1 miles in. It climbs 776 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Wawayanda Lake–Lookover Lake, 8 sights
12.2 mi · ▲ 776 ft · 4 hr 27 min
Elevation 1,133–1,367 ft
Out & Back · Wawayanda State Park
Trailhead: Old Coal Trail · 41.14208, -74.40751
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Old Coal Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Lookover Lake.
- 2.3 miTurn left onto Lookout Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miPass Lake Lookout.
- 0.1 miPass Lookout.
- 300 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Timber Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miPass Wawayanda Lake.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Wawayanda Lake Loop, heading N.
- 1.8 miBear left onto Wawayanda Rd/Lake Loop Connector, heading NE.
- 0.5 miPass Wawayanda State Park Beach.
- 50 ftReach Wawayanda Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Wawayanda Lake Loop, heading SE.
- 1.8 miSharp right onto Timber Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Cherry Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Lookout Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Old Coal Trail, heading SW.
- 2.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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