Abram S. Hewitt State Forest is a state forest by Hewitt in northwestern

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that is . It is on the

Bearfort Ridge Bearfort Mountain, historically known as Bear Ford Mountain, is a mountain ridge located near Wawayanda State Park in West Milford, Passaic County, New Jersey. It is a continuation of Bellvale Mountain in New York. The Appalachian Trail crosses a ...

of unusual conglomerate between

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and Upper Greenwood Lake. Its forests are part of the

Northeastern coastal forests The Northeastern coastal forests are a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion of the northeast and middle Atlantic region of the United States. The ecoregion covers an area of 34,630 sq miles (89,691 km2) encompassing the Piedmont a ...

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. It has a number of overlooks and colorful bedrock. It is accessible only on foot, with trails including the Bearfort Trail, and white-blazed. Another trail is the Quail trail, and orange-blazed. Another is the Ernest Walter trail, and yellow-blazed. Also, the State Line trail is blazed with blue on white. Lastly, the

Appalachian Trail The Appalachian Trail (also called the A.T.), is a hiking trail in the Eastern United States, extending almost between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine, and passing through 14 states.Gailey, Chris (2006)"Appalachian ...

traverses the forest's northwest corner along its route. The Appalachian Trail is approximately long.

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Hewitt State Forest Hewitt State Forest State forests of the Appalachians {{PassaicCountyNJ-geo-stub

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