Horseshoe Bend Park

Blue Trail–Field Edge Trail, 3 sights

9 mi · ▲ 757 ft · 3 hr 23 min

Blue Trail–Field Edge Trail, 3 sights is a 9-mile out-and-back in Horseshoe Bend Park near Frenchtown, NJ. It climbs 757 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi112 – 427 ft · steepest grade: 17%9.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail 40.52619, -75.06300
Nearest town Frenchtown, NJ

Directions

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Blue Trail–Field Edge Trail, 3 sights

9 mi · ▲ 757 ft · 3 hr 23 min

Elevation 112–427 ft

Out & Back · Horseshoe Bend Park

Trailhead: Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail · 40.52619, -75.06300

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail, heading S.
  2. 1.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  4. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  5. 0.1 miSharp right onto Field Edge Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miSharp left onto White Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right onto Flagg Kirkland (Yellow), heading E.
  12. 1.2 miReach Field Edge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 1.2 miTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left onto White Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.2 miSharp right onto Orange Trail, heading NW.
  18. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Field Edge Trail, heading SW.
  19. 0.6 miSharp left, heading SW.
  20. 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  22. 250 ftTurn right onto Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail, heading N.
  23. 1.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

38% gravel26% dirt3% grass33% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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