South branch Raritan river at Columbia Rail Trail, after a rain, June 30 2024 01.jpg
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Columbia Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back near Naughright, NJ. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi554 – 604 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Columbia Trail / Patriots' Path 40.79769, -74.75738
Nearest town Naughright, NJ

Directions

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Columbia Trail

4.2 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Elevation 555–603 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Columbia Trail / Patriots' Path · 40.79769, -74.75738

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Horses allowed on the whole route

  1. Start on Columbia Trail / Patriots' Path, heading E.
  2. 2.2 miReach Columbia Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  3. 2.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

98% gravel1% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Good to know

  • Horses allowed on the whole route

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