Ridge Trail (white) Viewpoint–Church Pond, 4 sights is an 8.6-mile out-and-back in Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain near Washington Crossing, NJ. The route passes Church Pond before reaching Ridge Trail (white) Viewpoint at the turnaround, 4.1 miles in. It climbs 722 ft. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi118 – 476 ft9.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Continental Lane Trail 40.30317, -74.86230
Nearest town Washington Crossing, NJ
Directions
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Ridge Trail (white) Viewpoint–Church Pond, 4 sights
8.6 mi · ▲ 722 ft · 3 hr 14 min
Elevation 118–476 ft
Out & Back · Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain
Trailhead: Continental Lane Trail · 40.30317, -74.86230
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 79°F / low 67° · precip 3% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Continental Lane Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Yellow Dot Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Blue Dot Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Trail Connector, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Red Dot Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Horseback Riding Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miPass Church Pond.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Honey Hollow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Cedar Grove Trail, heading NW.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Unmarked Trail, heading E.
- 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 NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Orange, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Copper Hill Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail (white), heading W.
- 1.4 miPass Ridge Trail (white) Viewpoint.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto NW Loop Trail (red), heading SW.
- 150 ftReach Ridge Trail (white) Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Ridge Trail (white), heading SW.
- 1.7 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 SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Kuser Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Honey Hollow Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Unmarked Trail, heading SW.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Cedar Grove Trail, heading E.
- 350 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.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Red Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Trail Connector, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Blue Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Yellow Dot Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Continental Lane Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
7% dirt2% paved91% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 79°F67°
Precip3%Wind4 mphUV7Humidity69%
Rained 0.2″ 2 days ago
Hourly temperature
80°65°
Sunrise 6:32 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:27 PM
Sun
73°63°
Mon
79°57°
Tue
82°59°
Wed
86°65°
Thu
84°66°
Fri
75°52°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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