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Columbia Trail / Patriots' Path is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Schooley's Mountain County Park near Naughright, NJ. It climbs 376 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi545 – 902 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Elizabeth Lane 40.80623, -74.74047
Nearest town Naughright, NJ

Directions

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Columbia Trail / Patriots' Path

4.7 mi · ▲ 376 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Elevation 544–901 ft

Out & Back · Schooley's Mountain County Park

Trailhead: Elizabeth Lane · 40.80623, -74.74047

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

  1. Start on Elizabeth Lane, heading SE.
  2. 100 ftTurn right onto Columbia Trail / Patriots' Path, heading SW.
  3. 1.7 miTurn right onto Patriots' Path, heading NW.
  4. 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  5. 0.6 miTurn left onto Columbia Trail / Patriots' Path, heading E.
  6. 1.7 miTurn left onto Elizabeth Lane, heading NE.
  7. 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

73% gravel25% dirt1% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:27 PM

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