yellow Viewpoint–Ernest Walter Viewpoint, 6 sights is an 8.4-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, 4.2 miles in. It climbs 993 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,086 – 1,391 ft · steepest grade: 16%8.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: William Hoeferlin Trail 41.19828, -74.39739
Nearest town Willow Brook, NJ
Directions
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yellow Viewpoint–Ernest Walter Viewpoint, 6 sights
8.4 mi · ▲ 993 ft · 3 hr 18 min
Elevation 1,086–1,391 ft
Out & Back · Abram S. Hewitt State Forest
Trailhead: William Hoeferlin Trail · 41.19828, -74.39739
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on William Hoeferlin Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Parker Lake.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 3.3 miTurn right onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading SE.
- 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.
- 200 ftTurn left onto yellow, heading SE.
- 100 ftReach yellow Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto West Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ernest Walter Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 3.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto William Hoeferlin Trail, heading SW.
- 500 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
82% dirt1% gravel17% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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