New Jersey trails · Lehigh and Hudson Trail
Lehigh and Hudson Trail
A 10.9-mile out-and-back in New Jersey, with 115 ft of climbing. Reaches New Wawayanda Lake and other lake destinations. Managed by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 10.9 miles.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- New Wawayanda Lake (lake)
- Gardners Pond (lake)
- Lake Iliff (lake)
- Turtle Pond (lake)
- Howells Pond (lake)
Getting there
Andover Loop Trail access — parking nearby. 41.02968, -74.72026 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:55 a.m., the sun rises at 6:24 a.m. and sets at 7:33 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:01 p.m. (EDT) — 13 h 09 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 21.9-mile round trip takes roughly 8 h 13 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 2:36 p.m. — 4 h 57 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Lehigh and Hudson Trail + Andover Loop Trail + Andover Junction Trail — 6.8 mi loop, 402 ft gain
- Lehigh and Hudson Trail + Andover Loop Trail + Sussex Branch Trail — 6.8 mi loop, 435 ft gain
- Lehigh and Hudson Trail + Andover Loop Trail + Sussex Branch Trail — 7.6 mi loop, 455 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Sussex Branch Trail — 1.6 mi
- Highlands Trail — 3.5 mi
- Highlands; Lake Hopatcong Trail — 6.2 mi
- Edison — 8.1 mi