Wawayanda State Park

Kayaker (and great blue heron) on Wawayanda Lake

Mallards on Wawayanda Lake

Wawayanda State Park is a 34,350 acre 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.^[1] 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 (536 ha) 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.

2,167 acres (877 ha) Wawayanda Swamp Natural Area is an Atlantic white cedar swamp with a mixed oak-hardwood forest and a lake and Laurel Pond.

399 acres (161 ha) 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.

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↑ Olson, D. M, 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.

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Protected areas of New Jersey

Federal

National Historical Parks	Morristown Paterson Great Falls Thomas Edison

National Monuments	Statue of Liberty

National Recreation Areas & Scenic Rivers	Delaware Water Gap NRA Gateway NRA Great Egg Harbor Scenic and Recreational River Middle Delaware NSR

Other Protected Areas	New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve

National Trails	Appalachian Trail

National Wildlife Refuges	Cape May National Wildlife Refuge Edwin B. Forsythe Great Swamp Supawna Meadows Wallkill River

National Estuarine Research Reserves	Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve

State

State Parks	Allaire Allamuchy Mountain Barnegat Lighthouse Cape May Point Cheesequake Corson's Inlet Delaware and Raritan Canal Double Trouble Edison State Park Farny Fort Mott Hacklebarney High Point Hopatcong Island Beach Kittatinny Valley Liberty Long Pond Ironworks Monmouth Battlefield Parvin Pigeon Swamp Princeton Battlefield Rancocas Ringwood Stephens Swartswood Voorhees Washington Crossing Washington Rock Wawayanda

State Forests	Abram S. Hewitt Bass River Belleplain Brendan T. Byrne Green Bank Jenny Jump Norvin Green Penn Ramapo Mountain Stokes Wharton Worthington

State Marinas	Senator Frank S. Farley Forked River Fortescue Leonardo Liberty Landing

Recreation Areas	Atsion Bull's Island Round Valley Spruce Run

Wildlife Management Areas	List of New Jersey wildlife management areas

County

Nature parks	Eagle Rock Reservation Garret Mountain Reservation South Mountain Reservation Watchung Reservation New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route

Other

Nature centers	List of nature centers in New Jersey

New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry

Coordinates: 41°10′37″N 74°25′05″W / 41.177°N 74.418°W / 41.177; -74.418

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Wawayanda State Park

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