Cedar Grove Park

West Essex Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 250 ft · 55 min

West Essex Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Cedar Grove Park near Cedar Grove, NJ. It climbs 250 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi331 – 512 ft3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Verona Pool Access 40.84776, -74.24498
Nearest town Cedar Grove, NJ

Directions

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West Essex Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 250 ft · 55 min

Elevation 331–513 ft

Out & Back · Cedar Grove Park

Trailhead: Verona Pool Access · 40.84776, -74.24498

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 200 ftContinue straight onto Verona Pool Access, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miSharp left onto West Essex Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
  5. 250 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Endor, heading NE.
  7. 100 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  10. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  11. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  12. 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 100 ftTurn left onto Endor, heading SW.
  14. 0.2 miSharp left onto Spruce Trail - Inner Loop, heading NW.
  15. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 100 ftSharp right onto Endor, heading W.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 200 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  21. 150 ftBear right onto Lenape Trail, heading SE.
  22. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Endor, heading E.
  23. 200 ftSharp right onto West Essex Trail, heading SE.
  24. 250 ftBear left, heading SE.
  25. 0.5 miSharp right onto Verona Pool Access, heading SW.
  26. 0.1 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

73% dirt8% paved19% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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