Allaire State Park

Blue Velvet & Canal Trail via Upper Squankum Trail

6.2 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Blue Velvet & Canal Trail via Upper Squankum Trail is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in Allaire State Park near Squankum, NJ. It is mostly level, with 222 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi30 – 154 ft6.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.16589, -74.14960
Nearest town Squankum, NJ

Directions

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Blue Velvet & Canal Trail via Upper Squankum Trail

6.2 mi · ▲ 222 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Elevation 30–153 ft

Out & Back · Allaire State Park

Trailhead: 40.16589, -74.14960

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Canal Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right onto Upper Squankum Trail, heading SE.
  4. 1.2 miSharp left onto Outer Brisbane, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Eagles Path, heading E.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Outer Brisbane, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miBear right onto Ian's Wrath, heading E.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto Outer Brisbane, heading E.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto S Turn, heading E.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Outer Brisbane, heading SE.
  11. 0.4 miBear left onto Blue Velvet, heading SE.
  12. 0.3 miReach Canal Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.3 miBear right onto Outer Brisbane, heading W.
  14. 0.4 miContinue straight onto S Turn, heading W.
  15. 100 ftContinue straight onto Outer Brisbane, heading W.
  16. 100 ftBear right onto Ian's Wrath, heading W.
  17. 50 ftBear left onto Outer Brisbane, heading W.
  18. 0.1 miBear left onto Eagles Path, heading W.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Outer Brisbane, heading W.
  20. 0.4 miSharp right onto Upper Squankum Trail, heading W.
  21. 1.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  22. 100 ftContinue straight onto Canal Trail, heading SW.
  23. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

42% dirt58% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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