Cat Swamp Pond–Blue Trail, 3 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 483 ft · 1 hr 58 min
Cat Swamp Pond–Blue Trail, 3 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Jockey Hollow Area near Washington Corner, NJ. The route reaches Cat Swamp Pond at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It climbs 483 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Cat Swamp Pond–Blue Trail, 3 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 483 ft · 1 hr 58 min
Elevation 422–639 ft
Out & Back · Jockey Hollow Area
Trailhead: Blue Trail · 40.76900, -74.55106
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 76°F / low 64° · precip 2% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Blue Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Red Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left onto Blue Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Red Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Aqueduct Loop/Orange/Patriots' Path Trail (Blue), heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Aqueduct Loop Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Blue Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Grand Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 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.
- 150 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 NW.
- 300 ftBear left onto Orange Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Patriots' Path (Blue), heading N.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Red Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Red Trail, heading SW.
- 500 ftBear right onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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