Hobble Falls
Essex County, New Jersey
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Essex County, New Jersey
- Access status
- County reservation trail; short walk on the Lenape Trail
- The walk
- Less than 0.55 miles each way (0.55 miles to Hemlock Falls, just past Hobble Falls)
- Ground & access
- Woodland trail with rocky footing and stone steps near Hemlock Falls. The full Hemlock Falls loop has about 300 feet of climbing, and its brook crossing may be impassable after heavy rain.
Hobble Falls is a small waterfall on the brook below Hemlock Falls in Essex County's South Mountain Reservation. From the Tulip Springs parking area, follow the yellow-blazed Lenape Trail toward Hemlock Falls. The Trail Conference describes the Lenape Trail west of Hemlock Falls as a wide path along the stream that passes Hobble Falls. Hemlock Falls is a short way upstream at a stone footbridge. Return the same way, or continue to Hemlock Falls and the red-dot Hemlock Falls Loop.
Plan your visit
Tulip Springs parking area along the yellow Lenape Trail to Hobble Falls, just below Hemlock Falls
Take a Hike gives 0.55 miles on the Lenape Trail from the Tulip Springs parking lot to Hemlock Falls. Hobble Falls is on the same stretch of the Lenape Trail, a short way west of Hemlock Falls.
Woodland trail with rocky footing and stone steps near Hemlock Falls. The full Hemlock Falls loop has about 300 feet of climbing, and its brook crossing may be impassable after heavy rain.
Where to start
Tulip Springs parking area in South Mountain Reservation.
Timing & water
Year-round county reservation. Essex County posts temporary lot and trail closures on its park page.
Before you go
No fee or reservation is mentioned.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
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