Green Trail & Patriots' Path/Highlands Trail via White Trail is a 10.3-mile out-and-back in Stephens State Park near Waterloo, NJ. It climbs 1,383 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi571 – 1,181 ft · steepest grade: 24%11.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Firetower Road 40.89202, -74.75105
Nearest town Waterloo, NJ
Directions
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Green Trail & Patriots' Path/Highlands Trail via White Trail
10.3 mi · ▲ 1,383 ft · 4 hr 7 min
Elevation 570–1,181 ft
Out & Back · Stephens State Park
Trailhead: Firetower Road · 40.89202, -74.75105
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 73°F / low 61° · precip 2% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Green Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Green/White Trail, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Fuzzy Thingz Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto White Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Orange Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Patriots' Path/Highlands Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miReach Green Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miSharp right onto Orange Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto White Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Fuzzy Thingz Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Green/White Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Green Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
40% dirt60% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 73°F61°
Precip2%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity80%
Rained 0.2″ 2 days ago
Hourly temperature
75°60°
Sunrise 6:31 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:27 PM
Sun
69°57°
15%
Mon
75°51°
Tue
78°53°
Wed
82°59°
Thu
77°61°
Fri
69°46°
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