Wawayanda State Park
State park in New Jersey, United States
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Location | Sussex County |
Coordinates | 41°11′53.203″N 74°23′51.892″W / 41.19811194°N 74.39774778°W / 41.19811194; -74.39774778 [1] |
Area | 163-acre (0.66 km 2 ) |
Opened | 1960 |
Operated by | New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry |
Website |
Official website
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Wawayanda State Park is a 34,350 acres (139.0 km 2 ) state park in Sussex County and Passaic County in northern New Jersey . The park is in Vernon Township on the Sussex side, and West Milford on the Passaic side. There are 60 miles (97 km) of hiking trails in the park, including a 20 miles (32 km) stretch of the Appalachian Trail . The park is operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry . The hiking trails are maintained and updated by the New York - New Jersey Trail Conference .
The park is part of the Northeastern coastal forests ecoregion . [2] It is home to the red-shouldered hawk , the barred owl and the great blue heron , and includes 1,300-foot (396 m) Wawayanda Mountain and glacially -formed, spring-fed Wawayanda Lake with a swimming beach and boat launch and group camping .
The 1,325 acres (5.36 km 2 ) Bearfort Mountain Natural Area is a part of the park, with Terrace Pond at 1,380 feet (420 m) near the top. The mountain forest includes swamp hardwood, hemlock and mixed hardwood and chestnut oak forest communities; some rock outcrops have a 360-degree view of the surrounding highlands.
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2,167 acres (8.77 km 2 ) Wawayanda Swamp Natural Area is an Atlantic white cedar swamp with a mixed oak-hardwood forest and a lake and Laurel Pond.
399 acres (1.61 km 2 ) Wawayanda Hemlock Ravine Natural Area is a 300 feet (91 m) ravine formed by Doublekill Creek surrounded by a hemlock and mixed hardwood forest. The Appalachian Trail is located on the western edge of the area.
See also
References
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Official website
- ↑ D. M. Olson; E. Dinerstein; et al. (2001). "Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth" . BioScience . 51 (11): 933–938. doi : 10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051 [ 0933:TEOTWA ] 2.0.CO;2 .
External links
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- NJ Skylands Wawayanda Hiking Information and History and Geology
- USGS Wawayanda State Park Geology, Natural History
- The Wawayanda Iron Mine
- JORBA volunteer trail work information and maps for Wawayanda State Park