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Jockey Hollow Area

Cat Swamp Pond–Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path Loop, 5 sights

3.8 mi · ▲ 435 ft · 1 hr 29 min

Cat Swamp Pond–Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path Loop, 5 sights is a 3.8-mile loop in Jockey Hollow Area near Washington Corner, NJ. The route reaches Cat Swamp Pond. It climbs 435 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi413 – 725 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Yellow 40.76514, -74.54314
Nearest town Washington Corner, NJ
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Cat Swamp Pond–Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path Loop, 5 sights

3.8 mi · ▲ 435 ft · 1 hr 29 min

Elevation 414–725 ft

Loop · Jockey Hollow Area

Trailhead: Yellow · 40.76514, -74.54314

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Yellow, heading E.
  2. 50 ftSharp left onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto Aqueduct Loop Trail, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.5 miSharp left onto Orange Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading E.
  6. 0.1 miSharp right onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading W.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto Grand Loop Trail, heading N.
  8. 1.3 miPass Cat Swamp Pond.
  9. 50 ftSharp right onto Grand Loop/New York Brigade Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.1 miBear left onto Grand Loop Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, heading SW.
  12. 250 ftSharp right onto Primrose Brook Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left onto Aqueduct Loop Trail, heading N.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.6 miBear right onto Yellow, heading W.
  16. 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/cat-swamp-pond-loop

Trail surface

54% dirt46% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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