Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management Area

Audubon Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 257 ft · 58 min

Audubon Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management Area near Edison, NJ. It climbs 257 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,145 – 1,283 ft2.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Monument Trail 41.06349, -74.57061
Nearest town Edison, NJ

Directions

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Audubon Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 257 ft · 58 min

Elevation 1,144–1,285 ft

Out & Back · Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Monument Trail · 41.06349, -74.57061

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Audubon Trail, heading N.
  3. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  4. 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  5. 0.1 miReach Audubon Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 1.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 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

94% dirt6% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:23 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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