White Lake–White Lake Natural Resource Area Beach, 4 sights is a 15-mile out-and-back in White Lake Natural Resource Area near Paulins Kill, NJ. The route passes White Lake Natural Resource Area Beach and White Lake before reaching White Lake Natural Resource Area Beach at the turnaround, 7.3 miles in. It climbs 281 ft. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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White Lake–White Lake Natural Resource Area Beach, 4 sights
15 mi · ▲ 281 ft · 5 hr 8 min
Elevation 384–523 ft
Out & Back · White Lake Natural Resource Area
Trailhead: Paulinskill Valley Trail · 41.05040, -74.82766
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Paulinskill Valley Trail, heading SW.
- 6.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ridge & Valley Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miPass White Lake Natural Resource Area Beach.
- 250 ftBear left onto Blue Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Red Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miPass White Lake.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftPass White Lake Natural Resource Area Beach.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 450 ftReach White Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Ridge & Valley Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Paulinskill Valley Trail, heading SE.
- 6.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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