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White Lake–White Lake Natural Resource Area Beach, 5 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in White Lake Natural Resource Area near Marksboro, NJ. The route passes White Lake Natural Resource Area Beach before reaching White Lake at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 246 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi384 – 587 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Gnome Hollow Trail 41.00395, -74.88824
Nearest town Marksboro, NJ

Directions

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White Lake–White Lake Natural Resource Area Beach, 5 sights

4.9 mi · ▲ 246 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Elevation 384–587 ft

Out & Back · White Lake Natural Resource Area

Trailhead: Gnome Hollow Trail · 41.00395, -74.88824

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftTurn left onto Gnome Hollow Trail, heading W.
  3. 150 ftContinue straight onto Connector Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Paulinskill Valley Trail, heading SW.
  5. 1.5 miSharp right, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ridge & Valley Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miPass White Lake Natural Resource Area Beach.
  8. 0.1 miReach White Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.5 miSharp left onto Paulinskill Valley Trail, heading E.
  10. 1.5 miContinue straight onto Connector Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Gnome Hollow Trail, heading SW.
  12. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 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

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:04 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:24 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:52 PM.

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