AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath

11 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 40 min

Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath is an 11-mile out-and-back near South Bound Brook, NJ. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi10 – 36 ft11.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath 40.55893, -74.53108
Nearest town South Bound Brook, NJ
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Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath

11 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 3 hr 40 min

Elevation 9–37 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath · 40.55893, -74.53108

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

Transit-accessible: Bound Brook stop 236 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath, heading E.
  2. 5.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  5. 5.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/delaware-raritan-canal-towpath-out-back-18-km-8bf0

Trail surface

97% gravel3% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.5 mi in (~109 min). Leave by 5:17 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:30 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Bound Brook stop 236 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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