Alter Ego–Canal Trail, 3 sights is an 8.2-mile out-and-back in Allaire State Park near Allaire, NJ. It is mostly level, with 203 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi43 – 154 ft8.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.15918, -74.13342
Nearest town Allaire, NJ
Directions
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Alter Ego–Canal Trail, 3 sights
8.2 mi · ▲ 203 ft · 2 hr 50 min
Elevation 42–153 ft
Out & Back · Allaire State Park
Trailhead: 40.15918, -74.13342
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Nature Center Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Canal Trail, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn right onto Upper Squankum Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miSharp left onto Outer Brisbane, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Eagles Path, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Outer Brisbane, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Ian's Wrath, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Outer Brisbane, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto S Turn, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Outer Brisbane, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Blue Velvet, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Outer Brisbane, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Connector, heading SE.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Turntable, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Head & Shoulders, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Alter Ego, heading SE.
- 100 ftReach Nature Center Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Head & Shoulders, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Turntable, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Connector, heading NE.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Outer Brisbane, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Blue Velvet, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Outer Brisbane, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto S Turn, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Outer Brisbane, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Ian's Wrath, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Outer Brisbane, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Eagles Path, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Outer Brisbane, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Upper Squankum Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Canal Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Nature Center Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
34% dirt66% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:24 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Canal Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Brisbane Lake–Atlantic, 7 sights 6.5 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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