John Clyde Memorial Native Grassland Preserve
Blue Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 53 min
Blue Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in John Clyde Memorial Native Grassland Preserve near Griggstown, NJ. It is mostly level, with 165 ft of elevation gain. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Blue Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 53 min
Elevation 99–287 ft
Out & Back · John Clyde Memorial Native Grassland Preserve
Trailhead: Blue Trail · 40.43501, -74.61009
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 79°F / low 68° · precip 1% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Red Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Yellow, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Brown Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Brown Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Yellow, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Red Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:06 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:26 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:54 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Blue Trail Trailhead
- Orange Trail & Red Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 112 ft
- Blue Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 138 ft
- Blue Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 246 ft
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