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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Nature Center Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Canal Trail, heading NW.
  4. 1 miTurn right onto Upper Squankum Trail, heading SE.
  5. 1.2 miSharp left onto Outer Brisbane, heading E.
  6. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Eagles Path, heading E.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Outer Brisbane, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miBear right onto Ian's Wrath, heading E.
  9. 50 ftBear left onto Outer Brisbane, heading E.
  10. 150 ftContinue straight onto S Turn, heading E.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Outer Brisbane, heading E.
  12. 0.4 miBear left onto Blue Velvet, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftBear right onto Outer Brisbane, heading SE.
  14. 0.2 miSharp left onto Connector, heading SE.
  15. 400 ftContinue straight onto Turntable, heading SE.
  16. 250 ftBear right onto Head & Shoulders, heading S.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left onto Alter Ego, heading SE.
  18. 100 ftReach Nature Center Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 150 ftTurn right onto Head & Shoulders, heading E.
  20. 0.1 miBear left onto Turntable, heading NE.
  21. 250 ftContinue straight onto Connector, heading NE.
  22. 400 ftSharp right onto Outer Brisbane, heading E.
  23. 0.2 miBear left onto Blue Velvet, heading S.
  24. 50 ftBear right onto Outer Brisbane, heading S.
  25. 0.4 miContinue straight onto S Turn, heading NW.
  26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Outer Brisbane, heading NW.
  27. 150 ftBear right onto Ian's Wrath, heading NW.
  28. 50 ftBear left onto Outer Brisbane, heading NW.
  29. 0.1 miBear left onto Eagles Path, heading W.
  30. 50 ftContinue straight onto Outer Brisbane, heading W.
  31. 0.4 miSharp right onto Upper Squankum Trail, heading W.
  32. 1.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  33. 50 ftContinue straight onto Canal Trail, heading N.
  34. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Nature Center Trail, heading SE.
  35. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  36. 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

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