Connector Trail–Gnome Hollow Trail, 3 sights is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Gnome Hollow Preserve near Marksboro, NJ. It is mostly level, with 220 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi338 – 587 ft10.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Gnome Hollow Trail 41.00395, -74.88824
Nearest town Marksboro, NJ
Directions
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Connector Trail–Gnome Hollow Trail, 3 sights
9.8 mi · ▲ 220 ft · 3 hr 23 min
Elevation 339–587 ft
Out & Back · Gnome Hollow Preserve
Trailhead: Gnome Hollow Trail · 41.00395, -74.88824
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Gnome Hollow Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Connector Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Paulinskill Valley Trail, heading SW.
- 2.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.8 miReach Gnome Hollow Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 2.5 miContinue straight onto Connector Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Gnome Hollow Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 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
98% dirt2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:04 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:24 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:52 PM.
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