Hacklebarney State Park, NJ

ABOUT THE PARK: 

Hacklebarney State Park - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

DIRECTIONS: 

GPS Coordinates 40.75127, -74.73179

Hacklebarney State Park Parking Lot (about half of it)

TRAIL MAP: 

Hacklebarney State Park Trail Map - New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

HIKE DISTANCE:  6.2 miles with some backtracking and repetition

THE HIKE: 

The last time I hiked here was August 20, 2013.  With half day summer Fridays soon coming to an end at work it was a good choice for a Friday afternoon.  I managed to capture some trails that I am pretty sure I did not hike the last time.

The sign on the left is completely different from the sign back in 2013.

Taking the steps down to the left to the red Riverside Trail.

Trout Brook

At the brown fence the red trail veers to the right.

Just past the natural area sign ...

... we turned right on orange although I never saw any orange blazes until the very end at the bridge.

I had never been on the trail before but I really liked it.  Nobody else around where the part of the red trail I was on was the most busy section of the park and you can hear and sometimes see the Black River roaring down below.

Black River

Waterfalls in Trout Brook just past the bridge ...

... then over the bridge with orange blazes and left after the bridge.

Left on blue briefly then ...

Left on red across a bridge back over Trout Brook.

Now on red heading back to where I left off to turn on orange.  This part is very rocked and rugged at first then smooths out.

Back at that natural area sign, I turned left on orange to repeat that trail which was fine because I really liked that trail.

Back at that first bridge over Trout Brook, left ...

... then right on red before that second bridge.

This part is again very rocky and rugged.

Back to smooth, wide trail for a bit.

Old non-working water fountains throughout the park.

Back to rocky and rugged.

Boundary monuments at the end of the park.

Heading back.

At the end of red ...

... left on yellow.

Passing by the playground ...

... then left on the pink Upland Trail.

At the end of pink ...

... right on the green Playground Trail briefly ...

... to the beginning of the pink trail and an overlook.

The overlook.  Oh well, in the winter maybe.

Passing back by the playground ...

... to the blue Haki Trail.

The Gaia app showed a trail to the left just before this bridge but there was no such trail.

So back up blue we went.

At the end of blue, right on white back to the parking lot.

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