Woodruff Gap–West Pond, 6 sights is a 15.9-mile out-and-back in Abram S. Hewitt State Forest near Upper Greenwood Lake, NJ. The route passes Parker Lake and West Pond before reaching Woodruff Gap at the turnaround, 7.9 miles in. It climbs 1,974 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi892 – 1,460 ft · steepest grade: 28%16.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.17628, -74.40206
Nearest town Upper Greenwood Lake, NJ
Directions
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Woodruff Gap–West Pond, 6 sights
15.9 mi · ▲ 1,974 ft · 6 hr 17 min
Elevation 893–1,459 ft
Out & Back · Abram S. Hewitt State Forest
Trailhead: 41.17628, -74.40206
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto William Hoeferlin Trail, heading N.
- 1.6 miPass Parker Lake.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 3.3 miTurn right onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miPass West Pond.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto West Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Bearfort Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miReach Woodruff Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto West Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 3.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto William Hoeferlin Trail, heading SW.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 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
83% dirt17% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM
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