Complete hike details on our Bearfort Mountain- State Line page. The fall foliage maps pointed to the Bearfort Mountain region being at peak color. They were right. The last time we hiked to Surprise Lake there weren’t many leaves on the trees, so we wanted to come back to get photos during autumn. This hike [...]
Bearfort Ridge – State Line Trail/Ernest Walker/AT
April 3, 2010 Leave a Comment
Complete hike details, photos, and video on our Bearfort Ridge – State Line page. What an enjoyable hike – fantastic views as Ernest Walker follows a ridge overlooking Greenwood Lake, then head to Surprise Lake, then some more views. The trail is nice and interesting… rugged with a few decent scrambling sections. It was gorgeous [...]
Bearfort Ridge – Surprise Lake
June 28, 2009 Leave a Comment
For detailed hike directions, maps, photos and GPS coordinates, visit our Best Hikes in NJ – Bearfort Ridge – Surprise Lake page. Mileage: 5.9 miles, challenging… We debated on whether to rate this as “challenging” or not. It’s not a long loop, and in some spots the trail is actually easy… but on the Bearfort [...]
Terrace Pond North Trail
May 25, 2009 Leave a Comment
(For detailed hike directions, maps, photos, video, and GPS coordinates, visit our Terrace Pond North page) About 5.4 miles round trip. This trail is part of Wawayanda State Park in the Bearfort Ridge area in Hewitt NJ, and is not the more popular route to Terrace Pond. This is an alternate route that appears to [...]
Pequannock Watershed – Highlands Trail at Echo Lake… plus bears
May 23, 2009 Leave a Comment
(For For detailed hike directions, maps, photos, video, and GPS coordinates, visit our Echo Lake – Highlands Trail page) 8.3 miles – out and back. Mostly level hiking on moderate trail with a few minor changes in elevation, plus a lot easy woods road walking. Route follows Echo Lake West/Highlands (TEAL Diamond) around the western [...]