Blue Trail & Yellow/Highlands Trail Loop
3.5 mi · ▲ 423 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Blue Trail & Yellow/Highlands Trail Loop is a 3.5-mile loop near Weldon, NJ. It climbs 423 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,007 – 1,257 ft3.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.00932, -74.57210
Nearest town Weldon, NJ
Directions
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Blue Trail & Yellow/Highlands Trail Loop
3.5 mi · ▲ 423 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Elevation 1,006–1,255 ft
Loop
Trailhead: 41.00932, -74.57210
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Yellow/Highlands Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 1.9 miTurn right onto Yellow/Highlands Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
97% dirt3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:23 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~35 min). Leave by 6:28 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:13 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Saffin Pond–Highlands Trail, 3 sights 2.3 mi · ▲ 201 ft
- Yellow Dot Trail & Yellow/Highlands Trail via Yellow Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 433 ft
- Blue Trail–Highlands Trail, 4 sights 6.1 mi · ▲ 559 ft
- Saffin Pond–Blue Heron Lake, 5 sights 6.3 mi · ▲ 574 ft
- Ryker Lake–Highlands Trail, 5 sights 8.7 mi · ▲ 1,165 ft
- Beaver Brook Trail (White)–Teal/Black Dot, 3 sights 10.4 mi · ▲ 1,886 ft
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