Bayonet Farms Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 307 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Bayonet Farms Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Holmdel Park Ramanessin near Everett, NJ. It climbs 307 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Bayonet Farms Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 307 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Elevation 74–261 ft
Out & Back · Holmdel Park Ramanessin
Trailhead: 40.35491, -74.16425
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 80°F / low 69° · precip 3% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Bayonet Farms Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Ramanessin Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Steeplechase Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right onto Ramanessin Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Pond Walk, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Beech Glen Trail, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 350 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Pond Walk, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Ramanessin Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Steeplechase Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Ramanessin Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 6:59 PM for the 7:24 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:43 PM — 9 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Bayonet Farms Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 56 ft
- Bayonet Farms Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Ramanessin Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 55 ft
- Bayonet Farms Trail 3 mi · ▲ 140 ft
- Bayonet Farms Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 168 ft
- Bayonet Farms Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 280 ft
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