Horseshoe Bend Park
Axelrod/Dixon-Flemming–Blue Trail, 4 sights
10.5 mi · ▲ 754 ft · 3 hr 53 min
Axelrod/Dixon-Flemming–Blue Trail, 4 sights is a 10.5-mile out-and-back in Horseshoe Bend Park near Frenchtown, NJ. It climbs 754 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi112 – 449 ft · steepest grade: 17%10.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.53479, -75.06415
Nearest town Frenchtown, NJ
Directions
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Axelrod/Dixon-Flemming–Blue Trail, 4 sights
10.5 mi · ▲ 754 ft · 3 hr 53 min
Elevation 112–448 ft
Out & Back · Horseshoe Bend Park
Trailhead: 40.53479, -75.06415
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail, heading S.
- 2.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Field Edge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto White Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Flagg Kirkland (Yellow), heading E.
- 1.2 miSharp left onto Axelrod/Dixon-Flemming, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach Field Edge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Flagg Kirkland (Yellow), heading SE.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto White Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Orange Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Field Edge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail, heading N.
- 2.4 miSharp right, heading N.
- 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
44% gravel25% dirt2% grass29% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail 4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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