Cat Swamp Pond–Aqueduct Loop Trail, 3 sights
4 mi · ▲ 408 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Cat Swamp Pond–Aqueduct Loop Trail, 3 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Jockey Hollow Area near Glen Alpin, NJ. The route reaches Cat Swamp Pond at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 408 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Cat Swamp Pond–Aqueduct Loop Trail, 3 sights
4 mi · ▲ 408 ft · 1 hr 32 min
Elevation 422–689 ft
Out & Back · Jockey Hollow Area
Trailhead: Bridle Trail · 40.76141, -74.54321
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 76°F / low 64° · precip 1% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Bridle Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Grand Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Aqueduct Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Aqueduct Loop/Orange/Patriots' Path Trail (Blue), heading SE.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Aqueduct Loop Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Blue Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Grand Loop Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach Cat Swamp Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Blue Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Aqueduct Loop Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Aqueduct Loop/Orange/Patriots' Path Trail (Blue), heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Aqueduct Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Grand Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Bridle Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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