Cuesta Ridge Trail & Grand Tour Trail
3 mi · ▲ 305 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Cuesta Ridge Trail & Grand Tour Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back near Monmouth Hills, NJ. It climbs 305 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi92 – 256 ft3.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.39196, -73.99709
Nearest town Monmouth Hills, NJ
Directions
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Cuesta Ridge Trail & Grand Tour Trail
3 mi · ▲ 305 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 94–255 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.39196, -73.99709
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Grand Tour Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Cuesta Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 1 miSharp left onto Laurel Ridge / Grand Tour, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Grand Tour Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 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
93% dirt7% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:28 AMSunset 7:23 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:48 PM — 3 min before dark.
More from this trailhead
- Grand Tour Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 248 ft
- Highlands of Navesink & Grand Tour via Grand Tour Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 274 ft
- Candlestick Trail & Cuesta Ridge Trail via Grand Tour Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 413 ft
- Grand Tour Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 475 ft
- Laurel Ridge Sunset Point–Cuesta Ridge Trail, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 529 ft
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