yellow Viewpoint–Ernest Walter Viewpoint, 10 sights is a 10.6-mile out-and-back in Abram S. Hewitt State Forest near Willow Brook, NJ. The route passes Parker Lake, West Pond and Ernest Walter Viewpoint before reaching yellow Viewpoint at the turnaround, 5.3 miles in. It climbs 1,169 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi935 – 1,391 ft10.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Old Wawayanda Road 41.21751, -74.39602
Nearest town Willow Brook, NJ
Directions
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yellow Viewpoint–Ernest Walter Viewpoint, 10 sights
10.6 mi · ▲ 1,169 ft · 4 hr 7 min
Elevation 935–1,391 ft
Out & Back · Abram S. Hewitt State Forest
Trailhead: Old Wawayanda Road · 41.21751, -74.39602
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
- Start on Old Wawayanda Road, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Mine Loop, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Old Wawayanda Road, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Old Wawayanda Road/William Hoeferlin Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto William Hoeferlin Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Parker Lake.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 3.3 miTurn right onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miPass West Pond.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto West Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miPass Ernest Walter Viewpoint.
- 150 ftTurn left onto yellow, heading S.
- 150 ftReach yellow Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto West Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 3.3 miContinue straight onto William Hoeferlin Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Old Wawayanda Road/William Hoeferlin Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Old Wawayanda Road, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Mine Loop, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Old Wawayanda Road, heading NE.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
68% dirt18% gravel14% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM
More from Old Wawayanda Road Trailhead
- Cross Road/William Hoeferlin Trail–Mine Loop, 4 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 279 ft
- Parker Lake–Cedar Swamp Trail, 6 sights 9.7 mi · ▲ 629 ft
- Appalachian Trail/Pochuck Boardwalk Viewpoint–Appalachian Viewpoint, 6 sights 14.1 mi · ▲ 2,418 ft
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