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
- Start on Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail, heading S.
- 1.8 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Field Edge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto White Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Flagg Kirkland (Yellow), heading E.
- 1.2 miReach Field Edge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto White Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Orange Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Field Edge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail, heading N.
- 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
More from Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail Trailhead
- Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Field Edge Trail & Orange Trail via Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail 5.9 mi · ▲ 288 ft
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