Morristown National Historical Park
Carriage Road Trail–Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, 4 sights
6.7 mi · ▲ 971 ft · 2 hr 43 min
Carriage Road Trail–Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, 4 sights is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Morristown National Historical Park near Glen Alpin, NJ. It climbs 971 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Carriage Road Trail–Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, 4 sights
6.7 mi · ▲ 971 ft · 2 hr 43 min
Elevation 372–640 ft
Out & Back · Morristown National Historical Park
Trailhead: Patriots' Path (Blue) · 40.76928, -74.53386
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 76°F / low 64° · precip 1% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Yellow Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Aqueduct Loop/Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Primrose Brook Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Primrose Brook Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, heading SE.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Passaic River Trail/Patriots' Path, heading S.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Patriots' Path, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Carriage Road Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miReach Primrose Brook Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Patriots' Path, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Passaic River Trail/Patriots' Path, heading E.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, heading NE.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Primrose Brook Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left onto Primrose Brook Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Aqueduct Loop/Yellow Trail, heading W.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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