White Lake & Ridge & Valley Trail via Paulinskill Valley Trail is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in White Lake Natural Resource Area near Paulina, NJ. The route reaches White Lake at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 108 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi338 – 459 ft5.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Paulinskill Valley Trail 40.97819, -74.94626
Nearest town Paulina, NJ
Directions
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White Lake & Ridge & Valley Trail via Paulinskill Valley Trail
5.3 mi · ▲ 108 ft · 1 hr 49 min
Elevation 339–458 ft
Out & Back · White Lake Natural Resource Area
Trailhead: Paulinskill Valley Trail · 40.97819, -74.94626
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 77°F / low 65° · precip 2% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Paulinskill Valley Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ridge & Valley Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miReach White Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Paulinskill Valley Trail, heading E.
- 1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
97% dirt3% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 77°F65°
Precip2%Wind6 mphUV6Humidity76%
Rained 0.3″ 2 days ago · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°65°
Sunrise 6:31 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:28 PM
Sun
73°61°
Mon
78°53°
Tue
82°55°
Wed
85°63°
Thu
81°64°
Fri
72°48°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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