Church Pond & Pleasant Valley Trail (white) via Ridge Trail (white) is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain near Bear Tavern, NJ. The route reaches Church Pond. It climbs 877 ft. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi89 – 459 ft7.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Orange Trail 40.31318, -74.86227
Nearest town Bear Tavern, NJ
Directions
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Church Pond & Pleasant Valley Trail (white) via Ridge Trail (white)
6.6 mi · ▲ 877 ft · 2 hr 38 min
Elevation 87–459 ft
Out & Back · Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain
Trailhead: Orange Trail · 40.31318, -74.86227
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 78°F / low 68° · precip 2% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Horseback Riding Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miPass Church Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Honey Hollow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Cedar Grove Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Unmarked Trail, heading NE.
- 400 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 W.
- 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 N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Unmarked Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Pleasant Valley Trail (white), heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.5 miReach Church Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Unmarked Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail (white), heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Copper Hill Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Orange, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Copper Hill Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 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 E.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Honey Hollow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Horseback Riding Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
31% dirt3% paved66% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 78°F68°
Precip2%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity66%
Rained 0.5″ 2 days ago · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°65°
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:27 PM
Sun
72°63°
Mon
79°57°
Tue
82°58°
Wed
86°64°
Thu
83°65°
Fri
74°52°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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