Bridle Trail–Carriage Road Trail, 5 sights is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Morristown National Historical Park near Somersetin, NJ. It climbs 776 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi371 – 656 ft · steepest grade: 16%5.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.74652, -74.56096
Nearest town Somersetin, NJ
Directions
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Bridle Trail–Carriage Road Trail, 5 sights
5.3 mi · ▲ 776 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Elevation 372–657 ft
Out & Back · Morristown National Historical Park
Trailhead: 40.74652, -74.56096
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Carriage Road Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Patriots' Path, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Passaic River Trail/Patriots' Path, heading N.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Mendham-Elizabethtown Road Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Bridle Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miReach Carriage Road Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Passaic River Trail/Patriots' Path, heading SW.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Patriots' Path, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Carriage Road Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 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
64% dirt36% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Field Loop Trail Loop via Dogwood Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 349 ft
- Carriage Road Trail & Field Loop Trail via Dogwood Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 333 ft
- Grand Loop Trail & Passaic River Trail/Patriots' Path 4.2 mi · ▲ 662 ft
- Bridle Trail–Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, 4 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 778 ft
- Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path–Passaic River Trail/Patriots' Path, 3 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 798 ft
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