Church Pond–Pleasant Valley Trail (white), 3 sights is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain near Washington Crossing, NJ. The route reaches Church Pond. It climbs 822 ft. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi62 – 459 ft8.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.30387, -74.87129
Nearest town Washington Crossing, NJ
Directions
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Church Pond–Pleasant Valley Trail (white), 3 sights
7.5 mi · ▲ 822 ft · 2 hr 55 min
Elevation 62–459 ft
Out & Back · Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain
Trailhead: 40.30387, -74.87129
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 79°F / low 68° · precip 3% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Yellow Dot Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Unblazed, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Red Dot Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Trail Connector, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto White Trail, heading NE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Trail Connector, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Horseback Riding Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miPass Church Pond.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Honey Hollow Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Cedar Grove Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Unmarked Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left onto Honey Hollow Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Kuser Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Copper Hill Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Orange, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Copper Hill Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail (white), heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Unmarked Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Pleasant Valley Trail (white), heading W.
- 0.5 miReach Church Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Unmarked Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail (white), heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Copper Hill Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Orange, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Copper Hill Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Kuser Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Honey Hollow Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Unmarked Trail, heading SW.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Cedar Grove Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Honey Hollow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Horseback Riding Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Trail Connector, heading S.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right onto Red Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Trail Connector, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Red Dot Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Unblazed, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Yellow Dot Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
27% dirt73% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 79°F68°
Precip3%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity73%
Rained 0.2″ 2 days ago
Hourly temperature
80°65°
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:27 PM
Sun
73°64°
Mon
80°62°
Tue
83°64°
Wed
87°69°
Thu
85°71°
Fri
75°60°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 6:41 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:05 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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