Cooley Preserve

Blue Trail–Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail, 4 sights

11.3 mi · ▲ 359 ft · 3 hr 57 min

Blue Trail–Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail, 4 sights is an 11.3-mile out-and-back in Cooley Preserve near Barbertown, NJ. It climbs 359 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi112 – 312 ft11.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Blue Trail 40.49965, -75.04454
Nearest town Barbertown, NJ

Directions

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Blue Trail–Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail, 4 sights

11.3 mi · ▲ 359 ft · 3 hr 57 min

Elevation 112–311 ft

Out & Back · Cooley Preserve

Trailhead: Blue Trail · 40.49965, -75.04454

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Blue Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left onto White Trail, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail / White Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miSharp right onto Orange Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Field Edge Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.6 miSharp left, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 250 ftTurn right onto Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail, heading S.
  10. 4.4 miReach Blue Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 4.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  12. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  13. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  14. 0.1 miSharp right onto Field Edge Trail, heading E.
  15. 0.6 miTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading E.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  17. 0.3 miSharp left onto Orange Trail / White Trail, heading E.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right onto White Trail, heading E.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  20. 250 ftContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
  21. 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

76% gravel2% grass22% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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