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
- Start on Blue Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto White Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail / White Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Orange Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Field Edge Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail, heading S.
- 4.4 miReach Blue Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 4.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Field Edge Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Orange Trail / White Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto White Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
- 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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