Dogwood Trail–Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, 7 sights is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Morristown National Historical Park near Somersetin, NJ. It climbs 1,196 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi325 – 696 ft · steepest grade: 18%9.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.73574, -74.56423
Nearest town Somersetin, NJ
Directions
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Dogwood Trail–Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, 7 sights
8.5 mi · ▲ 1,196 ft · 3 hr 26 min
Elevation 324–696 ft
Out & Back · Morristown National Historical Park
Trailhead: 40.73574, -74.56423
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 76°F / low 64° · precip 1% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 300 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Dogwood Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Habitat Health Interpretive Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Dogwood Spur Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Dogwood Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left onto River Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Passaic River Trail/Patriots' Path, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Grand Loop Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto Connector Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Yellow, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Aqueduct Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Primrose Brook Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Primrose Brook Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Grand Loop Trail/Patriots' Path, heading SE.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Passaic River Trail/Patriots' Path, heading SW.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Patriots' Path, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto New Jersey Brigade Trail/Patriots' Path, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Patriots' Path, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Dogwood Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Dogwood TrailPatriots' Path, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 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
62% dirt2% grass36% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 76°F64°
Precip1%Wind9 mphUV7Humidity67%
Rained 0.7″ 2 days ago · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 6:30 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:26 PM
Sun
72°62°
Mon
78°56°
Tue
81°58°
Wed
84°62°
Thu
82°65°
Fri
73°53°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Dogwood TrailPatriots' Path 1.9 mi · ▲ 207 ft
- Dogwood TrailPatriots' Path 1.9 mi · ▲ 204 ft
- Dogwood Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 309 ft
- Carriage Road Trail–Dogwood Trail, 3 sights 4 mi · ▲ 750 ft
- Passaic River Trail/Patriots' Path via Dogwood Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 625 ft
- Bridle Trail–Dogwood Trail, 7 sights 6.7 mi · ▲ 973 ft
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