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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 150 ftSharp left onto Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail, heading S.
  3. 2.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  5. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miSharp right onto Field Edge Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miSharp left onto White Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading SE.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right onto Flagg Kirkland (Yellow), heading E.
  13. 1.2 miSharp left onto Axelrod/Dixon-Flemming, heading S.
  14. 0.1 miReach Field Edge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.1 miSharp right onto Flagg Kirkland (Yellow), heading SE.
  16. 1.2 miTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading SE.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  18. 50 ftTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading W.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left onto White Trail, heading NW.
  20. 0.2 miSharp right onto Orange Trail, heading NW.
  21. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Field Edge Trail, heading SW.
  22. 0.6 miSharp left, heading NW.
  23. 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  25. 250 ftTurn right onto Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail, heading N.
  26. 2.4 miSharp right, heading N.
  27. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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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

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