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Reservation. The trail combines after this with the West Essex Trail on the former Caldwell Branch of the Erie Railroad. The trail continues in Verona on the old Erie Railroad line and follows sidewalks once again before passing through Verona Park and then Eagle Rock
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Washington Rock, a
Revolutionary War historic site, dating back to the late 18th century when Beacon Signal Station 9 was located here—one of 23 beacons built by General Washington to observe British troop movements quartered on Staten Island and New York
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before reaching its western terminus at the
Passaic River. The trail changes from sidewalks to surfaced trails to dirt trails and aqueducts throughout its length. The trail also passes through Newark's Hayes Park, Military Park, Washington Park,
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Belleville and Nutley before crossing over the
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Bloomfield partially through parks and along Watchung Avenue before crossing Brookdale Park, passing Applegate Farm, crossing the
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Mountain ridge of the First Watchung Mountain, with views of the New York Skyline, and goes under
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Passaic Meadows. Because of the steepness of the Watchung Mountains and the flood-prone nature of the Passaic Meadows, the former basin of
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647:Hackensack RiverWalk
552:40.73544°N 74.1643°W
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271:Morris Canal
267:in Montclair
222:Penn Station
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157:Batona Trail
135:and ends in
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99:Lowest point
91:Eagle Rock,
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22:Lenape Trail
612:Appalachian
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432:Great Trail
358:Verona Park
333:West Orange
325:Cedar Grove
265:Kips Castle
173:Forest Hill
711:Categories
601:New Jersey
543:74°09′51″W
540:40°44′08″N
523:2012-05-02
479:2009-03-08
438:References
317:Bloomfield
309:Belleville
303:-designed
141:New Jersey
133:New Jersey
110:Difficulty
50:Trailheads
43:New Jersey
662:Long Path
652:Highlands
321:Montclair
293:Ironbound
261:in Nutley
217:Ironbound
64:Fairfield
55:Ironbound
627:Columbia
519:. NJ.com
421:See also
403:Millburn
337:Roseland
299:and the
273:remnants
137:Millburn
113:Moderate
35:Location
179:), and
657:Lenape
617:Batona
335:, and
329:Verona
313:Nutley
147:, the
129:Newark
73:Hiking
59:Newark
27:Length
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395:I-280
287:Route
282:City.
238:NJPAC
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