Wawayanda Lake–Wawayanda Beach, 5 sights is a 12.3-mile out-and-back in Wawayanda State Park near DeKays, NJ. The route passes Wawayanda Beach and Wawayanda Lake. It climbs 2,067 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi440 – 1,352 ft · steepest grade: 29%12.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail 41.21934, -74.45526
Nearest town DeKays, NJ
Directions
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Wawayanda Lake–Wawayanda Beach, 5 sights
12.3 mi · ▲ 2,067 ft · 5 hr 8 min
Elevation 439–1,352 ft
Out & Back · Wawayanda State Park
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 41.21934, -74.45526
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Appalachian Trail, heading SE.
- 3.9 miBear right onto Iron Mountain Road/Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miPass Wawayanda Beach.
- 50 ftPass Wawayanda Lake.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Wawayanda Lake Loop Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Wawayanda Lake Loop, heading NW.
- 0.5 miReach Wawayanda Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Wawayanda Lake Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 1.4 miBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 3.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
95% dirt1% paved4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:23 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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