Wawayanda Lake–Laurel Pond Loop, 9 sights is a 6.8-mile loop in Wawayanda State Park near Willow Brook, NJ. The route passes Parker Lake, Laurel Pond, Wawayanda Beach and 2 more. It climbs 578 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,070 – 1,316 ft7.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: William Hoeferlin Trail 41.19828, -74.39739
Nearest town Willow Brook, NJ
Directions
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Wawayanda Lake–Laurel Pond Loop, 9 sights
6.8 mi · ▲ 578 ft · 2 hr 33 min
Elevation 1,070–1,315 ft
Loop · Wawayanda State Park
Trailhead: William Hoeferlin Trail · 41.19828, -74.39739
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Parker Lake.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Double Pond Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Cedar Swamp Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Red Dot Cedar Connector, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Red Dot Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Double Pond Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miPass Laurel Pond.
- 0.1 miPass Wawayanda Beach.
- 50 ftPass Wawayanda Lake.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Wingdam Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Wawayanda Lake Loop, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Iron Mountain Road, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miPass Parker Lake.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto William Hoeferlin Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
93% dirt1% gravel1% paved1% boardwalk4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from William Hoeferlin Trail Trailhead
- Parker Lake–Cross Road/William Hoeferlin Trail, 4 sights 3 mi · ▲ 265 ft
- Parker Lake & William Hoeferlin Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 281 ft
- Laurel Pond–Parker Lake, 5 sights 6.4 mi · ▲ 394 ft
- Parker Lake–Banker Trail, 4 sights 7.2 mi · ▲ 474 ft
- Pinwheel Vista–Parker Lake, 3 sights 7.6 mi · ▲ 1,247 ft
- Cascade Lake & Parker Lake via Appalachian Trail 7.6 mi · ▲ 800 ft
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