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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

  1. Start on Yellow Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading SW.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Aqueduct Loop/Yellow Trail, heading SW.
  3. 150 ftTurn left onto Primrose Brook Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, heading S.
  5. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Passaic River Trail/Patriots' Path, heading SW.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 0.4 miSharp right onto River Trail, heading SE.
  8. 250 ftTurn left onto Dogwood Trail, heading E.
  9. 500 ftContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail/Field Loop Trail, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftReach Primrose Brook Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 100 ftContinue straight onto Dogwood Trail, heading S.
  12. 500 ftTurn right onto River Trail, heading S.
  13. 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
  14. 0.4 miTurn right onto Passaic River Trail/Patriots' Path, heading NE.
  15. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, heading NE.
  16. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Primrose Brook Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.4 miTurn right onto Aqueduct Loop/Yellow Trail, heading NW.
  18. 150 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail/Patriots' Path (Blue), heading NW.
  19. 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°

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