Panther Lake Camping Resort
Campground
Campground · 0.9 mi from the trail
New Jersey · Rock climbing · Cranberry Lake · Near Hackettstown
The Shield
- 5.11a
- grade
- Top Rope
- style
- Apr, Aug–Oct
- best months
This route represents the upper limit of the grade span at q. Rosenstein, where nine climbs have been catalogued across a range from 5.7+ to 5.11a. It is set up as a toprope.
Around this trail
Add any of these when you start a tripSleep close Eat after Salt
Restaurant
On your way back · 2 mi
If it rainsZeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsZinc mine and museum in Ogdensburg, New Jersey
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors · Photos: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 (commons)
More in Hackettstown
Parsippany Rock HouseRock climbing · ~28 min drivePhoto: Magpieturtle, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- p. SteeleRock climbing · Next door
- o. l'Aiguille de NJRGRock climbing · Next door
- l. PruddenRock climbing · Next door
- m. CrefeldRock climbing · Next door
- k. KraussRock climbing · Next door
- Cranberry HollowRock climbing · Next door
- h. KovalcikRock climbing · Next door
- g. WalshRock climbing · Next door
- d. Smiley FaceRock climbing · Next door
Best time to visit The Shield
Best months: April and August–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
36° / 19°
12 wet
Feb
39° / 20°
11 wet
Mar
48° / 28°
12 wet
Apr
61° / 38°
12 wet
May
71° / 48°
13 wet
Jun
79° / 57°
13 wet
Jul
84° / 62°
13 wet
Aug
82° / 60°
12 wet
Sep
74° / 52°
11 wet
Oct
63° / 42°
11 wet
Nov
52° / 32°
11 wet
Dec
41° / 25°
12 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Andover Aeroflex Ap, NJ, 3.6 mi away at 583 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
