yellow Viewpoint–Ernest Walter Viewpoint, 5 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Abram S. Hewitt State Forest near Upper Greenwood Lake, NJ. The route passes West Pond and Ernest Walter Viewpoint before reaching yellow Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 533 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,086 – 1,388 ft · steepest grade: 24%4.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail 41.19478, -74.36881
Nearest town Upper Greenwood Lake, NJ
Directions
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yellow Viewpoint–Ernest Walter Viewpoint, 5 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 533 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Elevation 1,086–1,387 ft
Out & Back · Abram S. Hewitt State Forest
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 41.19478, -74.36881
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
- Start on 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 S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto yellow, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Ernest Walter Viewpoint.
- 150 ftReach yellow Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto West Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 1.5 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% dirt32% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM
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