Woodruff Gap–West Pond, 7 sights is a 15.7-mile out-and-back in Abram S. Hewitt State Forest near Upper Greenwood Lake, NJ. The route passes West Pond and Woodruff Gap. It climbs 2,404 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi804 – 1,460 ft · steepest grade: 30%15.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.19594, -74.37053
Nearest town Upper Greenwood Lake, NJ
Directions
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Woodruff Gap–West Pond, 7 sights
15.7 mi · ▲ 2,404 ft · 6 hr 26 min
Elevation 805–1,459 ft
Out & Back · Abram S. Hewitt State Forest
Trailhead: 41.19594, -74.37053
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miPass West Pond.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto West Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Bearfort Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miPass Woodruff Gap.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bearfort Ridge Connector, heading SE.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Terrace Pond North Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 1.9 miTurn right onto Terrace Pond North Loop, heading S.
- 0.4 miReach Woodruff Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Terrace Pond North Loop Trail, heading S.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto Terrace Pond North Spur Trail, heading NE.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Bearfort Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto West Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 1.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
47% dirt53% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM
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