South Mountain Reservation

This is a good trail, but does require lots of stamina to walk the trails. This was another spot I came with my wife and 2 children ages 9 and 4. We came with our puppy who we are also trying to accustom to long walks as we like to remain active.

The trail started off well, lots of friendly people and some nice views on the path. Easy walk with flat land. When you start off you will come across a nice small bridge which will lead you to a corner where there is a fairly large cliff with small water fall.

As you continue the path you come across the main waterfall, which is honestly a wonderful sight. Attached to the water fall on the left side are stairs that lead you to a different path where you get a fairly nice scenic view. You can travel through the flat rock top to get deeper in to the stream area, however, we opted out for safety reasons having young small children and a puppy. We will definitely be attempting this again before winter.

At this point I feel we should have enjoyed the scenic views with waterfall and just kept close by, however, we decided to continue on the yellow path aka Lenape Trail. An important note is that we got to the trail around 3 pm which wasn’t wise of me to start a trail that long. Taking our time walking até up the hours and before my wife and i knew it it was 5:30 pm. The Lenape Trail felt like an infinite trail where we felt we weren’t reaching the end and to avoid walking into the dark the decision to turn around was made. All in all the place is wonderful, but do NOT make the mistake and start the trek in the early afternoon. I strongly recommend going early to enjoy a nice long wonderful hike.