To Wawayanda State Park

To WAWAYANDA State Park -- Hewitt, NJ: FROM SOUTHBOUND NJ ROUTE 23: (from Sussex Cty., NJ & N.E. PA) In NEWFOUNDLAND, NJ, follow signs through jughandle for Route 23 northbound. See next paragraph.

FROM NORTHBOUND NJ ROUTE.23: (from Most of NJ & NYC) At the 2nd. RIGHT after the DAIRY QUEEN, turn onto UNION VALLEY RD. (Cty. Rte.513). (Note: There is a Shell station in the median of Rte.23 at Union Valley Rd.) Continue to WEST MILFORD, NJ. Just before the SHOP RITE, turn left to stay on UNION VALLEY RD. Just after the WEST MILFORD FLORIST, bear left at the fork onto WHITE RD. At the end, turn left onto WARWICK TPKE. The park is on the left about 2 miles past UPPER GREENWOOD LAKE, NJ.

FROM NJ/NY ROUTE 94: (from Orange Cty., NY & Sussex Cty., NJ) Just west of the Shop Rite plaza (west of WARWICK, NY and east of the state line) turn SOUTH onto MOE RD. This road borders the right side of the parking lot as seen from ROUTE 94. The park is about 3 miles up on the right, past the Drive-In Theater and just past the state line.

FROM NJ/NY ROUTE 17: (from Bergen Cty., NJ & Rockland Cty., NY) Immediately south of the village of SLOATSBURG, NY, take the ramp onto the road that passes over Rte.17. This is STERLING MINE RD. (Cty.Rte.72) in Rockland County. It becomes EAGLE VALLEY RD. (still Cty.Rte.72) in Orange county then SLOATSBURG RD. into Passaic county.). Continue past Ringwood State Park and Skyland Manor. Just past the Little League Field, then turn right onto MARGARET KING AVE. At the Tee, turn right onto GREENWOOD LAKE TPKE. (Cty.Rte.511). bear right when the road forks. (Greenwood Lake Sporting Goods is inside the fork.) In BROWNS, NJ (a.k.a. HEWITT, NJ), {it varies from map to map} the road changes into UNION VALLEY RD. (Cty.Rte.513). After the A&P on the left, bear straight onto WARWICK TPKE. There is a convenience store inside this fork. The park is on the left about 2 miles past UPPER GREENWOOD LAKE, NJ.

ONCE IN THE PARK: Proceed past the ranger station and tollbooth. Your copy of the appropriate camping permit should get you in free even when the park is closed because the main parking lot by the beach is full. If the lot is closed, you will have to park at the campsite and walk up the trail past the iron mill.

To the CAMPSITE: Proceed on main road until you get to a culvert. Immediately after the culvert, turn left at "Group Camp Sites" sign. Continue until you see another culvert on the left and a big stone building on the right. Go over the culvert and then bear right. The campsite is #1, the third of four. (See "It's a Jungle Out There" for walking directions from here to the picnic grove.)

To the PICNIC AREAS & BEACH: Instead of turning left after the culvert, continue on the main road until you see a large parking lot on the left. The main picnic site is up the hill above this lot (to your left as you face the lake). Last year, a number of club members expressed interest in occupying the smaller, shaded picnic area to the RIGHT of the beach and parking lot instead of the usual site up the hill, so look there first.