Dogwood Trail–Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, 4 sights is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Morristown National Historical Park near Glen Alpin, NJ. It climbs 611 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi341 – 574 ft5.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Patriots' Path (Blue) 40.76928, -74.53386
Nearest town Glen Alpin, NJ
Directions
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Dogwood Trail–Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, 4 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 611 ft · 2 hr 6 min
Elevation 341–575 ft
Out & Back · Morristown National Historical Park
Trailhead: Patriots' Path (Blue) · 40.76928, -74.53386
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 76°F / low 64° · precip 1% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Yellow Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Aqueduct Loop/Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Primrose Brook Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, heading S.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Passaic River Trail/Patriots' Path, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto River Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Dogwood Trail, heading E.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail/Field Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Primrose Brook Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right onto River Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Passaic River Trail/Patriots' Path, heading NE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, heading NE.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Primrose Brook Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Aqueduct Loop/Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading NW.
- 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
67% dirt33% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 76°F64°
Precip1%Wind7 mphUV7Humidity69%
Rained 0.4″ 2 days ago (0.5″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 6:30 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:26 PM
Sun
71°62°
Mon
78°57°
Tue
81°60°
Wed
84°64°
Thu
81°65°
Fri
72°55°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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