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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Audubon Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miReach Audubon Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 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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