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Canal Trail via Upper Squankum Trail is a 6.1-mile out-and-back in Allaire State Park near Carmerville, NJ. It is mostly level, with 82 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi43 – 131 ft6.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Outer Brisbane 40.16878, -74.12881
Nearest town Carmerville, NJ

Directions

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Canal Trail via Upper Squankum Trail

6.1 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 2 hr 4 min

Elevation 42–132 ft

Out & Back · Allaire State Park

Trailhead: Outer Brisbane · 40.16878, -74.12881

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

  1. Start on Eagles Path, heading W.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Outer Brisbane, heading W.
  3. 0.4 miSharp right onto Upper Squankum Trail, heading W.
  4. 1.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 100 ftContinue straight onto Canal Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Nature Center Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.5 miReach Canal Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Canal Trail, heading W.
  9. 1 miTurn right onto Upper Squankum Trail, heading N.
  10. 1.2 miSharp left onto Outer Brisbane, heading NE.
  11. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Eagles Path, heading E.
  12. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

13% dirt87% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:24 PM

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