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. About 30 min drive (18 mi) from Dover. 41.02968, -74.72026 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:41 a.m., the sun rises at 7:08 a.m. and sets at 6:20 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:47 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 11 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 3:21 p.m. — 2 h 59 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Sussex Branch Trail — 1.6 mi
- Highlands Trail — 3.5 mi
- Paulinskill Valley Trail — 4.6 mi
- Highlands; Lake Hopatcong Trail — 6.2 mi