The open floorpan and large windows and double sliding doors on level two provide light even on a gloomy day. This unit provides three levels, the first where two car garage with separate sections and basement with plenty of storage space are located. This lollipop loop was done counter-clockwise from the College Road Trailhead which has room for 13 cars.Welcome to the beautiful community of Stonegate at Watchung. After descending the summit on the Yellow Trail, turn left on the Woodlands Trail (red) and head south along the old woods road and back to the parking area.
This lollipop loop hike follows the the red-blazed Woodland Trail to the junction of the yellow-blazed Summit Trail, which climbs to views of North Jersey and the Manhattan skyline (on a clear day). It is important to pay attention to the blazes to avoid getting lost. Please Note: There are numerous unmarked woods roads and footpaths that branch off of the main trails.
The Summit Trail, which branches off the Woodland Trail, features views from High Mountain. It is also accessible at its northern end from Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve, identified as “Haledon Reservoir” on the trail map, where a 0.3-mile segment along Reservoir Road connects the two parks. The Woodland Trail begins at a trailhead on the campus of William Paterson University. The trail network, which can be viewed by using the Web Map link on this site, facilitates planning loop or lollipop hikes. The park preserve has five trails (12.3 total trail miles) ranging from 1.80 to 2.59 miles, plus a short Waterfall Spur. The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference has been active at High Mountain since the 1940’s, creating and maintaining the trails. High Mountain has been a popular hiking destination for more than a century. During the American Revolution, when General Washington was headquartered nearby, colonial troops reportedly used High Mountain’s summit to monitor British troop movements in and around New York Harbor. It is also said that when Henry Hudson sailed to America in 1609, the first land he sighted above the horizon as he approached New York Harbor was the summit of High Mountain. Native Americans of the Lenape tribe wintered in the Clove during the 1600’s. Several rock shelters in the Franklin Clove section of the nature preserve have been determined to be sites of prehistoric human habitation. High Mountain as viewed from Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve
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