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Drakes Pond via Sussex Branch Trail

3.9 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 19 min

Drakes Pond via Sussex Branch Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back near Newton, NJ. The route reaches Drakes Pond at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 28 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi558 – 607 ft4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sussex Branch Trail 41.05791, -74.72932
Nearest town Newton, NJ
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Drakes Pond via Sussex Branch Trail

3.9 mi · ▲ 28 ft · 1 hr 19 min

Elevation 557–606 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Sussex Branch Trail · 41.05791, -74.72932

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Sussex Branch Trail, heading N.
  2. 1.4 miBear left onto Quantum Realm Drive, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  4. 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sussex Branch Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.5 miReach Drakes Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
  8. 200 ftBear left onto Quantum Realm Drive, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  10. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sussex Branch Trail, heading NW.
  12. 1.2 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/drakes-pond-drakes-pond-out-back-6-km

Trail surface

78% gravel14% paved8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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