Cranbury Brook
2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 40 min
Cranbury Brook is a 2-mile out-and-back near Princeton Meadows, NJ. The route reaches Cranbury Brook at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Cranbury Brook
2 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 40 min
Elevation 74–81 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.32966, -74.54520
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 78°F / low 67° · precip 1% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 250 ftReach Cranbury Brook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:45 PM — 8 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
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