ABOUT THE PARK:
NY/NJ Trail Conference (this hike is in the "North of West Brook Road" section)
DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates: 41.09134,-74.319981
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There is no parking lot - park along the north side of Crescent Drive at the curb.
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| Crescent Drive parking heading towards Burnt Meadow Road |
The yellow-blazed Manaticut Point trail is a new trail that is not on this version of the map. Sections of the trail are shown as a dashed line.
NEW JERSEY 1K CLUB HIGH PEAK: Long Hill
HIKE DISTANCE: 8.5 miles
Some other options:
- 4.5 mile Lake Sonoma/Overlook Rock/Manaticut Point Loop
- 6.7 mile Lake Sonoma/Overlook Rock/Manaticut Point Loop
Walk on Crescent Drive back towards Burnt Meadow Road and watch for the start of the yellow-blazed trail on the left. (Where the yellow-blazed trail comes out at the end of the hike is in the opposite direction a short distance beyond the curve in Crescent Drive.)
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| New yellow-blazed Manaticut Trail |
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| Lake Sonoma |
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| Overlook Rock |
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| View From Overlook Rock |
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| Lake Sonoma from Overlook Rock |
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| Blue-Blazed Hewitt Butler Trail |
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| Long Hill Summit at Ugly Power Cut |
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| View from Manaticut Point |
HIKE SUMMARY:
[ 0.00] Walk on Crescent Drive towards Burnt Meadow Road; left on yellow trail
[ 0.85] Stay left on yellow when orange joins in from the right
[ 0.95] Turn right on orange when yellow leaves to the left
[ 1.10] Lake Sonoma on the right; trail follows Lake Sonoma
[ 1.35] Trail turns left away from Lake Sonoma, goes uphill, crosses unmarked woods road
[ 1.45] Rock hop across stream, trail turns left on woods road then right on foot trail
[ 1.85] Keep straight on orange/white when white comes in from the right
[ 1.90] Orange ends at large rock on left, Overlook Rock with views; retrace steps on orange/white back to where white trail joined in, turn left on white trail
[ 2.20] Cross over badly eroded woods road
[ 2.50] White trail joins woods road; crosses stream, leaves woods road to the left
[ 2.60] Scenic Overlook
[ 2.90] Cross straight over power cut on woods road; other side of power cut white leaves woods road on foot trail into woods; while trail ends short distance ahead; turn right on blue
[ 3.80] Scenic Overlook; turn around and head back on blue
[ 4.65] White goes left; keep straight on blue
[ 5.15] Overlook to the west
[ 5.45] Summit of Long Hill
[ 7.25] Yellow joins blue from the left; continue on yellow/blue
[ 7.65] Manaticut Point; left on yellow when blue leaves to the right
[ 8.40] Yellow trail ends at Crescent Drive, left on Crescent Drive back to car
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