Eastern Branch Reservoir & Vosseller Trail is a 3.5-mile out-and-back in Washington Valley Park East near Chimney Rock, NJ. The route reaches Eastern Branch Reservoir. It climbs 350 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi148 – 387 ft3.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Yellow 40.58282, -74.55332
Nearest town Chimney Rock, NJ
Directions
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Eastern Branch Reservoir & Vosseller Trail
3.5 mi · ▲ 350 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Elevation 147–387 ft
Out & Back · Washington Valley Park East
Trailhead: Yellow · 40.58282, -74.55332
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 76°F / low 66° · precip 2% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Yellow, heading N.
- 0.3 miPass Eastern Branch Reservoir.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Vosseller Access, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Vosseller Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach Eastern Branch Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Vosseller Access, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 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
93% dirt7% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 76°F66°
Precip2%Wind6 mphUV7Humidity72%
Rained 0.6″ yesterday · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
80°65°
Sunrise 6:30 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:26 PM
Sun
71°60°
Mon
79°59°
Tue
81°60°
Wed
85°65°
Thu
83°67°
Fri
73°55°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Yellow Trailhead
- Yellow Viewpoint–Eastern Branch Reservoir Loop, 5 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 253 ft
- Buttermilk Falls–Yellow Viewpoint, 4 sights 2.3 mi · ▲ 396 ft
- Buttermilk Falls–Yellow Viewpoint, 7 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 598 ft
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