Colliers Lake & NJ State Long Trail

9.5 mi · ▲ 112 ft · 3 hr 13 min

Colliers Lake & NJ State Long Trail is a 9.5-mile out-and-back near Midwood, NJ. The route reaches Colliers Lake at the turnaround, 4.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 112 ft of elevation gain. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi131 – 197 ft10.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.12365, -74.43382
Nearest town Midwood, NJ

Directions

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Colliers Lake & NJ State Long Trail

9.5 mi · ▲ 112 ft · 3 hr 13 min

Elevation 130–198 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.12365, -74.43382

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:23 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  3. 0.5 miBear left onto Cassville-Prospertown Road, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  7. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  9. 250 ftSharp right, heading S.
  10. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  11. 300 ftBear left, heading S.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  15. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  16. 0.6 miBear right onto NJ State Long Trail, heading SE.
  17. 2.2 miReach Colliers Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 2.2 miBear left, heading E.
  19. 0.6 miSharp right, heading NE.
  20. 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  22. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
  24. 250 ftSharp right, heading N.
  25. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  26. 200 ftBear right, heading N.
  27. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  28. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  29. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
  30. 50 ftBear left onto Cassville-Prospertown Road, heading NE.
  31. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  32. 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
  33. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

27% sand73% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:23 PM

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