Cushetunk Mountain Nature Preserve
Blue Trail & Yellow Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 1,151 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Blue Trail & Yellow Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Cushetunk Mountain Nature Preserve near Dreahook, NJ. It climbs 1,151 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi210 – 810 ft · steepest grade: 26%4.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.60773, -74.77817
Nearest town Dreahook, NJ
Directions
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Blue Trail & Yellow Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 1,151 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Elevation 211–810 ft
Out & Back · Cushetunk Mountain Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 40.60773, -74.77817
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear left onto White Trail', heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto White Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miReach Yellow Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Blue Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 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
22% dirt1% grass77% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:27 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Blue Trail–Blue, 4 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 1,267 ft
- Unmarked & Yellow Trail via Cushetunk Trail 5.7 mi · ▲ 1,234 ft
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